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sf[_9_]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 13:01:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 12:28:25 AM UTC-4, sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 5 Aug 2014 15:27:30 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 1:00:51 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
> >
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> > >
> >
> > > "Best left to"?
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes. You people are the ones who rely on French words to say
> >
> > something that can be better understood by everyone when using
> >
> > English. If "fort" means "strong point", then say "strong point" and
> >
> > don't try to be cute.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > If we all cared about being well-read and well-informed in general,
> >
> > > regardless of whether we had the chance to go to college or not, a lot
> >
> > > of not-so-long words wouldn't sound "cosmopolitan," just part of the
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> > > normal vocabulary of someone over 30 or even 20.
> >
> >
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> > You're an East Coaster. French words are part of the fabric back
> >
> > there. Words like "forte" are obviously not very well learned by the
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> > natives or else people would know when it's appropriate to say fortay
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> > and when they should say fort. If they did, the common misuse
> >
> > wouldn't be made fun of by a comedian.
> >
>
> Yes, and very small kids in some rural parts of the country might get
> angry and frustrated by the long, unfamiliar French word "restaurant"
> when adults could just say "a place to eat." Not to mention unfamiliar
> words like "gargantuan" or "substantial" or "vast" when you just say
> "big."

If you're trying to say "fort" and "fortay" are in common usage. I
beg to differ. Again. You're an East Coaster. You people live and
breath French. Hit the flat states and the rest of the country does
not.
>
> Reminds me of the 16-year-old, book-hating Scarlett O'Hara. "She hated
> people who used words unknown to her."
>
> Why, exactly, was it civilized for her to hate such people, per se?
>
> As if her preferences should rule the world?
>
She was a character in a book, subject to the author's whims, but
maybe you haven't figured that part out yet.

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