Re: pet peeves

From: Scott Chase (ecphoric@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed 18 Dec 2002 - 05:38:09 GMT

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    >From: Wade Smith <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
    >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >Subject: pet peeves
    >Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:13:54 -0500
    >
    >
    >On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 11:33 AM, Grant Callaghan wrote:
    >
    >>Furthermore, it causes people who come here to discuss memetics to miss
    >>interesting messages because they don't want to wade through the spam to
    >>get to them.
    >
    >OK. Pet peeve. Well, sort of.
    >
    >This poor word 'wade', which I am so close to.
    >
    >Now, I know, it's common enough and in common enough usage, although,
    >mostly (MOSTLY!) _these days_ only to indicate _walking in shallow water_,
    >but, I do admit to cringing when I see it, especially in these forums, as,
    >well, I admit it, I take it personally.
    >
    You're breaking my heart. I had to wade through several posts of "beam me up Scotty" and Kenneth had to deal with the "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" confusion. You're chasing your tail with this one :-)
    >
    >I know, my own problem, but, hell, we all got problems.
    >
    You've never been called Scotty Potty in 1st grade recess, so get over it already :-)
    >
    >And, this one is fixed by substituting 'sift'.
    >
    How's sieve or sort.
    >
    >It's even more apt. And I like apt.
    >
    I like exapt.
    >
    >- Wade
    >
    >*****
    >
    >From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913):
    >
    > 3. To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
    >
    > Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable.
    > --Hooker.
    >
    > Opportunity I here have had
    > To try thee, sift thee.
    > --Milton.
    >
    > Let him but narrowly sift his ideas. --I. Taylor.
    >
    > To sift out, to search out with care, as if by sifting.
    >
    >-----------------
    >
    >From WordNet (r) 1.7:
    >
    >sift
    > 3: check and sort carefully; "sift the information" [syn: sieve]
    > 4: distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job
    > candidates" [syn: sieve]
    >
    >
    >

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