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RE: "Andalusian" Guitars (no trolling)
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Ramon Amira
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RE: "Andalusian" Guitars (... (in reply to estebanana)
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One of the most EGREGIOUS cases of TRANSMOGRIFYING a phrase is the phrase "I couldn't care less," which obviously means "I don't really care," but you will now hear it expressed as "I could care less," which of course means exactly the opposite of the intended sentiment. Apart from things like that, and apart from the kind of grating usages already pointed out, there are the just plain wrong usages, and misspellings. For one, "misspelling" is frequently misspelled as "mispelling." Then I constantly see – in newspapers no less, where one would hope a reporter would know better – instead of "pored," lines like "he poured over the papers." (they must gave gotten pretty wet.) Then for years now I see the word "renowned" being rendered as "renown." They would say something like "Paco de Lucia is renown for his guitar playing." No, Paco de Lucia is not "renown" for his guitar playing – he is renowned for it. And because he is renowned, he has great renown (noun). Then there are things like describing someone's strong point at his "for-tay," with the accent on the second syllable. This is not even an alternate or secondary pronunciation. The word is correctly and only pronounced as "fort." Even the musical term "forte" has the accent on the first syllable. More to come . . . . . Ramon
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