Author Topic: The joys of corporate writing (Read 9703 times)

Brinestone · « **Reply #50 on:** September 19, 2005, 12:14:15 PM »

I'm trying to come up with a definition of morph, morpheme, and allomorph for you, but everything I think of is just more confusing.

Basically, Jonathon is saying they're all forms of the same prefix that have changed to become more easily pronouncable. Like, "in-mature" would be much more difficult to say than "immature," and "in-resposible" would be harder to say than "irresponsible." (You don't know how hard it was for me not to use irregardless as my ir- example.)

Jonathon · « **Reply #51 on:** September 19, 2005, 12:15:44 PM »

Here, I'll dumb it down for you.

The basic Latin form was in-. However, when it was prefixed to words starting with certain sounds, those sounds assimilated, creating a new form of the prefix.

in + literate = illiterate

in + perfect = imperfect

in + regardless = irregardless

See?

Edit: Jinx!

Brinestone · « **Reply #52 on:** September 19, 2005, 12:16:46 PM »

Oh my word. Jonathon and I posted the same thing almost at the same time and both had the irregardless urge. Though I was the only one to withstand it.

Porter · « **Reply #53 on:** September 19, 2005, 12:21:05 PM »

I like Ruth's explination better.

'Cuz she didn't imply that I'm dumb.

Brinestone · « **Reply #54 on:** September 19, 2005, 12:22:05 PM »

You're dumb. There. I made it explicit, not implicit.

Jonathon · « **Reply #55 on:** September 19, 2005, 12:25:31 PM »

Porter: It's only that I'm jealous that you always win at Katan.

Also, I can give you definitions for morph, morpheme, and allomorph if you want, but otherwise I won't bore you.

beverly · « **Reply #56 on:** September 19, 2005, 01:54:55 PM »

Cool! I was aware that Tagalog did that sort of thing a lot, but I haven't seen examples of it in english.

Intensely cool.

rivka · « **Reply #57 on:** September 19, 2005, 11:08:28 PM »

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Oh my word. Jonathon and I posted the same thing almost at the same time and both had the irregardless urge. Though I was the only one to withstand it.

Yes. Thus you may live.

Brinestone · « **Reply #58 on:** September 20, 2005, 08:15:02 AM »

Jonathon doesn't?

Man, I never expected to become a widow so soon.

Porter · « **Reply #59 on:** September 20, 2005, 08:16:09 AM »

How untimely.

Jonathon · « **Reply #60 on:** September 20, 2005, 09:33:01 AM »

So long, my dear. Name the baby after me, even if it's a girl—give it a cool Utah name like Jonathanne or something.

*dies*

Porter · « **Reply #61 on:** September 20, 2005, 09:43:50 AM »

*mice play*

Brinestone · « **Reply #62 on:** September 20, 2005, 09:45:18 AM »

This is the saddest thread I've ever read. *cries herself to sleep every day for the next sixty years*

Porter · « **Reply #63 on:** September 20, 2005, 09:48:09 AM »

My great-grandma was a widow for over two-thirds of her life.

Jonathon · « **Reply #64 on:** September 20, 2005, 10:14:48 AM »

Oh, like that makes it okay?

Primal Curve · « **Reply #65 on:** September 20, 2005, 04:44:34 PM »

Be happy you folks don't work for a heavily-regulated industry. There's no way in h-e-double hockey sticks I'd post any memos or emails or anything else work-related outside of work. I'd get crucified upside-down.

Icarus · « **Reply #66 on:** September 20, 2005, 06:10:11 PM »

Me too . . . if I got caught.

Jonathon · « **Reply #67 on:** September 20, 2005, 06:15:14 PM »

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Be happy you folks don't work for a heavily-regulated industry. There's no way in h-e-double hockey sticks I'd post any memos or emails or anything else work-related outside of work. I'd get crucified upside-down.

These quotes are taken from customers of our clients, not employees of my company, so there would probably be very little fallout if someone caught me.

rivka · « **Reply #68 on:** September 20, 2005, 09:48:22 PM »

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Jonathon doesn't? Man, I never expected to become a widow so soon.

Did anyone force him to use that farce of a pseudo-word? I don't think so.

*merciless*

Brinestone · « **Reply #69 on:** October 04, 2005, 12:34:45 PM »

The person who wrote the document I'm reading right now must have a deep-seated fear of commas. I just encountered a 40-word sentence with no punctuation other than the period at the end. The most obvious place the author avoids commas is after introductory phrases and clauses, causing much confusion for me.

pooka · « **Reply #70 on:** April 06, 2006, 09:12:32 AM »

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