Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11
The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
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On 18/08/2026 17:30, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2026-08-18, The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 18/08/2026 01:47, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> "Corporatocracy" seems to be preferable. >> >> Corpocracy. Be British. Don't multiply syllables beyond necessity. >> (William of Occam, A Brit, adapted).. > > "Orientate" is an example of the trend toward polysyllabificationizing. > Yes. I love the US 'burglarise' Both countries needed to make a verb out of the activities of burglars. The UK chose 'to burgle'. > (My other pet peeve: saying "preventative" instead of "preventive".) > Use prophylactics instead -- "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." Jonathan Swift.