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'reposted' as a 'valid' word
Is there anyone here who would question 'reposted' as a legitimate English word? Yet I only found one obscure dictionary that even listed 'repost'.
Certainly not any Scrabble dictionary, as I found out. But the other players grudgingly allowed it, but only, I'm sure, because they wanted to poke me with it for several days following the game.
Over 330,000 hits on Google Web; over 310,000 on Google groups. I suspect few, if any, here would even have noticed anyone else using 'reposted'. Can I sue the dictionary publishers?
JRJ
Certainly not any Scrabble dictionary, as I found out. But the other players grudgingly allowed it, but only, I'm sure, because they wanted to poke me with it for several days following the game.
Over 330,000 hits on Google Web; over 310,000 on Google groups. I suspect few, if any, here would even have noticed anyone else using 'reposted'. Can I sue the dictionary publishers?
JRJ
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[nq:1]Is there anyone here who would question 'reposted' as a legitimate English word? Yet I only found one obscure dictionary ... I suspect few, if any, here would even have noticed anyone else using 'reposted'.
- [nq:1]Is there anyone here who would question 'reposted' as a legitimate English word?
- Yet I only found one obscure dictionary ...
- I suspect few, if any, here would even have noticed anyone else using 'reposted'.
- [/nq] It is in the Merrim-Webster Unabridged dictionary, they say.
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[nq:1]Is there anyone here who would question 'reposted' as a legitimate English word? Yet I only found one obscure dictionary ... I suspect few, if any, here would even have noticed anyone else using 'reposted'. Can I sue the dictionary publishers?[/nq]
It is in the Merrim-Webster Unabridged dictionary, they say.
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It is in the Merrim-Webster Unabridged dictionary, they say.
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:1]Is there anyone here who would question 'reposted' as a legitimate English word? Yet I only found one obscure dictionary ... I suspect few, if any, here would even have noticed anyone else using 'reposted'. Can I sue the dictionary publishers?[/nq]
You can sue anyone at any time if you can write a complaint, pony up the filing fee, and serve a summons. Whether it will do you any good is
You can sue anyone at any time if you can write a complaint, pony up the filing fee, and serve a summons. Whether it will do you any good is
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[nq:2]Is there anyone here who would question 'reposted' as a ... anyone else using 'reposted'. Can I sue the dictionary publishers?[/nq]
[nq:1]You can sue anyone at any time if you can write a complaint, pony up the filing fee, and serve ... nother question. "Repost" is a perfectly good English word. This wouldn't be the first time the dictionaries lagged actual usage.[/nq]
That use of "l
[nq:1]You can sue anyone at any time if you can write a complaint, pony up the filing fee, and serve ... nother question. "Repost" is a perfectly good English word. This wouldn't be the first time the dictionaries lagged actual usage.[/nq]
That use of "l
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[nq:2]You can sue anyone at any time if you can ... wouldn't be the first time the dictionaries lagged actual usage.[/nq]
[nq:1]That use of "lagged" is a new one to me. I would say that you can only lag behind something. The firt half-dozen dictionaries I looked at give you no support, either.[/nq]
OK, I'll repeat the word "repost" is in the M-W Unabridged dictionary.
M-W O
[nq:1]That use of "lagged" is a new one to me. I would say that you can only lag behind something. The firt half-dozen dictionaries I looked at give you no support, either.[/nq]
OK, I'll repeat the word "repost" is in the M-W Unabridged dictionary.
M-W O
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[nq:1]That use of "lagged" is a new one to me. I would say that you can only lag behind something. The firt half-dozen dictionaries I looked at give you no support, either.[/nq]
Some do suggest "lag" can be transitive, but in this case it means to cause something to fall behind. I've not heard this usage.
However, while I'd say "dictionaries lagging actual usage" is not idiomat
Some do suggest "lag" can be transitive, but in this case it means to cause something to fall behind. I've not heard this usage.
However, while I'd say "dictionaries lagging actual usage" is not idiomat
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[nq:2]You can sue anyone at any time if you can ... wouldn't be the first time the dictionaries lagged actual usage.[/nq]
[nq:1]That use of "lagged" is a new one to me.[/nq]
Live and learn.
[nq:1]I would say that you can only lag behind something.[/nq]
I understand. Americans, however, have taken to using "lag" transitively.
[nq:1]The firt half-dozen dictionaries I looke
[nq:1]That use of "lagged" is a new one to me.[/nq]
Live and learn.
[nq:1]I would say that you can only lag behind something.[/nq]
I understand. Americans, however, have taken to using "lag" transitively.
[nq:1]The firt half-dozen dictionaries I looke
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[nq:1]Is there anyone here who would question 'reposted' as a legitimate English word? Yet I only found one obscure dictionary ... I suspect few, if any, here would even have noticed anyone else using 'reposted'. Can I sue the dictionary publishers?[/nq]
Cmon, be patient. It's a new word. It's always a good idea for Scrabble players to have "house rules" anyway. One of these I recommend is not
Cmon, be patient. It's a new word. It's always a good idea for Scrabble players to have "house rules" anyway. One of these I recommend is not
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[nq:1]Is there anyone here who would question 'reposted' as a legitimate English word? Yet I only found one obscure dictionary that even listed 'repost'. Certainly not any Scrabble dictionary, as I found out.[/nq]
You didn't search very hard for a Scrabble dictionary, then. It is not in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (used by children in the USA and Canada) or the Official Tournament
You didn't search very hard for a Scrabble dictionary, then. It is not in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (used by children in the USA and Canada) or the Official Tournament
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[nq:1]Cmon, be patient. It's a new word. It's always a good idea for Scrabble players to have "house rules" anyway.[/nq]
Right. Tournament and club players use "house rules" set down by the various authorities.
[nq:1]One of these I recommend is not to use OSW, but to use a more realistic dictionary, eg. the Concise Oxford.[/nq]
Had the OP been using OSW he wouldn't have posted, as REPO
Right. Tournament and club players use "house rules" set down by the various authorities.
[nq:1]One of these I recommend is not to use OSW, but to use a more realistic dictionary, eg. the Concise Oxford.[/nq]
Had the OP been using OSW he wouldn't have posted, as REPO
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[nq:2]That use of "lagged" is a new one to me. ... half-dozen dictionaries I looked at give you no support, either.[/nq]
[nq:1]OK, I'll repeat the word "repost" is in the M-W Unabridged dictionary. M-W ONline has: Main Entry: repost repost is one of more than 1,000,000 entries available at Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com. Click here to start your free trial! I believe them.[/nq]
Well... the
[nq:1]OK, I'll repeat the word "repost" is in the M-W Unabridged dictionary. M-W ONline has: Main Entry: repost repost is one of more than 1,000,000 entries available at Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com. Click here to start your free trial! I believe them.[/nq]
Well... the
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