tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post6145882577643551901..comments2024-03-23T06:42:28.774+08:00Comments on the view from fanling: super dooperDennis Hodgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-19946883459925402482016-02-13T22:54:02.245+08:002016-02-13T22:54:02.245+08:00It seems to me that the website should have called...It seems to me that the website should have called itself ‘I love fucking science’, but placing the intensifier where it has is probably how people speak nowadays.<br />Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-16112540085726877542016-02-13T15:41:44.325+08:002016-02-13T15:41:44.325+08:00The most irritating adjective nowadays is surely &...The most irritating adjective nowadays is surely "fucking", which is used merely as an intensifier, to indicate strong feelings, with no actual meaning at all. I recently found a website called "I fucking love science", which I suppose was produced by some nitwit in the hope of appealing to teenagers. I found this most depressing, since the scientific content was quite good.Peter G. Shilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738298407725174339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-46954391845941563532016-02-11T22:36:59.104+08:002016-02-11T22:36:59.104+08:00Your gripe about reference being used as a noun re...Your gripe about <i>reference</i> being used as a noun reminds me of my time on the Cumbria Police Authority, where to <i>action a recommendation</i> or to <i>progress a report</i> were routine activities!<br /><br />And while I agree with you about the adaptability of English—it is a mongrel language, after all—there are limits. Each time a word is wrenched from its original meaning, if there isDennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-17473247552123062302016-02-11T18:57:10.469+08:002016-02-11T18:57:10.469+08:00I thought your native language was Cumbrian! Sorry...I thought your native language was Cumbrian! Sorry no film has ever filled you with awe. On language, it is organic so changes all the time but I agree it can be annoying. Examples: presently used for at present rather than soon, and the ghastly new use of the noun reference as a verb; we always used to make reference to or refer to. However, the great strength of English is its adaptabilityAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224207132332015908noreply@blogger.com