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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
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"Happy three-month anniversary, darling!"
It bugs me just a little when I hear someone refer to a monthly "anniversary
What do you all think: "mensiversary"?
Didn't Latin have a word for a specific day of each month? I know the "ides" was the fifteenth day, and I recall that there was a special name for the first day (perhaps it was "calends").
Michael DeBusk, Co-Conspirator to Make the World a Better Place Did he update http://home.earthlink.net/~debu4335/ yet?
What do you all think: "mensiversary"?
Didn't Latin have a word for a specific day of each month? I know the "ides" was the fifteenth day, and I recall that there was a special name for the first day (perhaps it was "calends").
Michael DeBusk, Co-Conspirator to Make the World a Better Place Did he update http://home.earthlink.net/~debu4335/ yet?
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[/nq] Not sure what happened to that post. It didn't look like that when I sent it. It should have read: It bugs me just a little when I hear someone refer to a monthly "anniversary".
- [/nq] Not sure what happened to that post.
- It didn't look like that when I sent it.
- It should have read: It bugs me just a little when I hear someone refer to a monthly "anniversary".
- Still, I think there ought to be a word for it.
- What do you all think: "mensiversary"?
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[nq:1]It bugs me just a little when I hear someone refer to a monthly "anniversary What do you all think: "mensiversary"?[/nq]
Not sure what happened to that post. It didn't look like that when I sent it. It should have read:
It bugs me just a little when I hear someone refer to a monthly "anniversary". Still, I think there ought to be a word for it.
What do you all think: "mensiv
Not sure what happened to that post. It didn't look like that when I sent it. It should have read:
It bugs me just a little when I hear someone refer to a monthly "anniversary". Still, I think there ought to be a word for it.
What do you all think: "mensiv
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[nq:1]It bugs me just a little when I hear someone refer to a monthly "anniversary What do you all think: "mensiversary"?[/nq]
There's no need for it. "Anniversary" works fine for the use in question. Beware the etymological fallacy.
[nq:1]Didn't Latin have a word for a specific day of each month? I know the "ides" was the fifteenth day, and I recall that there was a special name for the f
There's no need for it. "Anniversary" works fine for the use in question. Beware the etymological fallacy.
[nq:1]Didn't Latin have a word for a specific day of each month? I know the "ides" was the fifteenth day, and I recall that there was a special name for the f
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[nq:2]It bugs me just a little when I hear someone refer to a monthly "anniversary What do you all think: "mensiversary"?[/nq]
[nq:1]There's no need for it. "Anniversary" works fine for the use in question. Beware the etymological fallacy.[/nq]
I give up. What's the etymological fallacy?
John Dean
Oxford
[nq:1]There's no need for it. "Anniversary" works fine for the use in question. Beware the etymological fallacy.[/nq]
I give up. What's the etymological fallacy?
John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:2]There's no need for it. "Anniversary" works fine for the use in question. Beware the etymological fallacy.[/nq]
[nq:1]I give up. What's the etymological fallacy?[/nq]
Believing that the meaning of an English word is controlled by what it means in another language or meant in earlier times. Consider the likes of "decimate" and "nice."
Liebs
[nq:1]I give up. What's the etymological fallacy?[/nq]
Believing that the meaning of an English word is controlled by what it means in another language or meant in earlier times. Consider the likes of "decimate" and "nice."
Liebs
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[nq:2]I give up. What's the etymological fallacy?[/nq]
[nq:1]Believing that the meaning of an English word is controlled by what it means in another language or meant in earlier times. Consider the likes of "decimate" and "nice."[/nq]
Well yeah, but there is no significant usage of "anniversary" in a context other than "yearly" (including multiples of years). Is there any evidence of "anni
[nq:1]Believing that the meaning of an English word is controlled by what it means in another language or meant in earlier times. Consider the likes of "decimate" and "nice."[/nq]
Well yeah, but there is no significant usage of "anniversary" in a context other than "yearly" (including multiples of years). Is there any evidence of "anni
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[nq:2]Believing that the meaning of an English word is controlled ... earlier times. Consider the likes of "decimate" and "nice."[/nq]
[nq:1]Well yeah, but there is no significant usage of "anniversary" in a context other than "yearly" (including multiples of years). Is there any evidence of "anniversary" being used, on its own and without scare quotes, for shorter periods?[/nq]
Googling..
[nq:1]Well yeah, but there is no significant usage of "anniversary" in a context other than "yearly" (including multiples of years). Is there any evidence of "anniversary" being used, on its own and without scare quotes, for shorter periods?[/nq]
Googling..
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[nq:2]Well yeah, but there is no significant usage of "anniversary" ... used, on its own and withoutscare quotes, for shorter periods?[/nq]
[nq:1]Googling... "one week anniversary" 885 hits "month anniversary" 107,000 hits Both sets of hits include memorial events and other references to9/11 and the Columbia shuttle disaster.[/nq]
I hear 'anniversary' routinely used applied to some stated
[nq:1]Googling... "one week anniversary" 885 hits "month anniversary" 107,000 hits Both sets of hits include memorial events and other references to9/11 and the Columbia shuttle disaster.[/nq]
I hear 'anniversary' routinely used applied to some stated
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