Just adimpleating my blog...

[qatarperegrine]

A student pointed me towards Save the Words, where you can do your part for the English language by adopting a rare or obsolete word that's in danger of falling out of dictionaries.

My word is adimpleate, which means "fill up," so if you hear me asking people to adimpleate my teacup in the near future, you'll know why.

The student also pointed out that I could now shout at the tutors to adimpleate their session forms (my constant refrain), which I thought was doubly nice since it reflects the subcontinental use of the phrase "fill up" in contexts where Americans would use "fill out."

Some of the adoptable words are quite lovely: my colleague got boscaresque, meaning "scenically wooded." Perhaps I'll adopt a new word every few days and try to work it into blog entries.

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[tangledskeins.livejournal.com]

So this morning I adimpleatated my gas tank and then drove back up a boscaresque lane to my home. How's that? :)

Language

[(Anonymous)]

You would do better actually to learn correct English to start with.

'Like' is not a conjunction, so if you propose to follow it with a noun subject you are wrong.

There are correct prepositioons --- 'At' Christmas, 'At' weekends, not 'On'.

'Different' is invariably succeeded by 'from'; 'Than' and 'To' are wrong.

There are such things as adverbs: they qualify verbs. Using adjectives to qualify verbs is wrong. Adverbs normally follow the verb they qualify, which reinforces that splitting infinitives is wrong.

Constantly using incorrect English demonstrates one is only partially literate. If your university teachers condone your bad English or speak it themselves you should ask yourself, and them, if your fees are being used for the purpose you pay them.

By the way, 'important' is both an adverb and an adjective, so saying 'importantly' is as if you are saying quicklyly.

Re: Language

[qatar.livejournal.com]

Um, OK. Was that directed at someone in particular, or do you just like telling people they're uneducated?

I must say I disagree with some of your suggestions. "On Christmas" and "At Christmas" both work (see here), and "important" is not an adverb. Split infinitives are a topic of much debate; I wouldn't simply say it is "wrong." Wrong according to whom?

adimpleate

[(Anonymous)]

i too adopted the word adimpleate from the "save the words" website. It will save me from being pedagogoical in the future. Pleasure to make your aquaintance.
Best Wishes,
Cunning Linguist