I am beginning to side with the French on this issue! Perhaps we do need a 
"language police".

I see the word "pimp" used with increasing frequency in the printed media, 
but the meaning escapes me. I do understand the dictionary meaning but in 
the media they are not referring to one who markets prostitutes.

John Ferrell
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell McMahon" <apptech@paradise.net.nz>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] For the pedants amonst us


>> >Then there's the awful American habit of extending words
>>>that don't need it - "Transport" is a perfectly good noun
>>>on its own, and we should not give the addition of two
>>>extra syllables any supportation!  :-)
>
> There's one American verb that is 3 letters long, where people who speak 
> English add another 3 letters on the end. It always jars when I hear it in 
> the short version. What's worse, my children (24 & 26) insist that the US 
> version is the correct version. Too much Sesame Street in a prior lifetime 
> perhaps :-)
>
> What's the 6 letter English word that Americans shorten to 3 letters?
> (There may well be many such, but this one doesn't fit through my euphony 
> filters).
>
>
>
>        Russell McMahon
>
>
>
> A meagre clue is contained somewhere in the above.
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