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« Reply #50 on: November 16, 2009, 02:29:42 PM »
I would just rather get rid of from and to.
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« Reply #51 on: November 16, 2009, 02:30:47 PM »
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Were I kind of the world, I would eliminate the distinction between immigrate and emigrate. It's almost always entirely superfluous, and furthermore it's often difficult to determine which one to use.
I'd support that.
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« Reply #52 on: November 16, 2009, 02:47:31 PM »
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I would just rather get rid of from and to.
Not me, because those are actually meaningful. It's when someone is both coming from somewhere and going to somewhere that it seems somewhat useless to pick one or the other.
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« Reply #53 on: November 16, 2009, 03:00:11 PM »
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Were I kind of the world, I would eliminate the distinction between immigrate and emigrate. It's almost always entirely superfluous, and furthermore it's often difficult to determine which one to use.
Having just had a conversation where the distinction was far from moot, I'm just glad you're not my liege. ;)
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« Reply #54 on: November 16, 2009, 03:09:55 PM »
Why don't we ever just migrate anymore?
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« Reply #55 on: November 16, 2009, 03:27:22 PM »
Because I hate yurts.
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« Reply #56 on: November 16, 2009, 03:53:07 PM »
My favorite part of Mexico's customs form was when it asked me to please "sing in the box of the migrant."
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« Reply #57 on: November 16, 2009, 04:25:34 PM »
:lol:

You stood there and sang, didn't you?
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« Reply #58 on: November 16, 2009, 05:10:14 PM »
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Having just had a conversation where the distinction was far from moot, I'm just glad you're not my liege. ;)
What was the conversation?
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« Reply #59 on: November 16, 2009, 05:28:03 PM »
It was long and complicated. Suffice it to say that it was useful to say "Did all your relatives emigrate?" and mean "Are there any left in Poland?" rather than "Did they all move to the US?" (Especially since I think some are in Israel.)
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« Reply #60 on: November 16, 2009, 06:17:50 PM »
Hmm. I suppose I could grant that the distinction is occasionally useful. But I think that for the most part, it's superfluous. It's too bad migrant and migration have slightly different connotations rather than just being direction-neutral equivalents.
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« Reply #61 on: November 16, 2009, 06:43:46 PM »
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Hmm. I suppose I could grant that there the distinction is occasionally useful.
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« Reply #62 on: November 16, 2009, 08:24:44 PM »
Truly, he is a kind and benevolent king.
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« Reply #63 on: November 16, 2009, 08:50:00 PM »
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« Reply #64 on: November 17, 2009, 10:31:32 AM »
Every time I see this thread I think to myself something like, "If I were king of the world, I'd get a PlayStation 3," or "If I were king of the world, I'd have nicer furniture."  Or sometimes, "If I were king of the world I think I'd abdicate."
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« Reply #65 on: November 17, 2009, 10:39:36 AM »
Minister of Sandwiches is a lofty enough title for you?
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« Reply #66 on: November 17, 2009, 10:57:45 AM »
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I just caught this. It made me smile.
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« Reply #67 on: November 17, 2009, 11:13:29 AM »
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Every time I see this thread I think to myself something like, "If I were king of the world, I'd get a PlayStation 3," or "If I were king of the world, I'd have nicer furniture."  Or sometimes, "If I were king of the world I think I'd abdicate."
And I hear Jeremiah was a bullfrog . . .
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« Reply #68 on: November 17, 2009, 12:04:57 PM »
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I just caught this. It made me smile.
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« Reply #69 on: November 17, 2009, 12:16:57 PM »
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Minister of Sandwiches is a lofty enough title for you?
Apparently so.
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« Reply #70 on: November 17, 2009, 12:40:22 PM »
We can team up and be a lunch special: Soup and Sandwich.
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