Or at best think you are doing comedy while driving. That is still odd enough to warrant backing away.linguoboy wrote:WOW! Be careful about using that in North America--people will start backing away slowly and glancing furtively about for police officers if you tell them you "cut someone up on the highway"!
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- Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:48 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: I wish English had a word for this!
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- Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:32 am
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- Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:26 am
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Or how about gravity? He was unaware of the gravity of his situation.FinalZero wrote:Haven't you ever heard "seriousness" used before?Yeah EI, I've often wished for words like that as well, particularly a nominal form of "serious". The best I can think of is "seriosity"by analogy of "curious" -> "curiosity".
- Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:41 pm
- Forum: L&L Museum
- Topic: Welsh lessons.
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Ea, Brian Distin ov vy. Trigys ov yn Statys Unys. I've recently been bitten by the Cornish bug but I have no clue what books or cds are considered decent for beginners. Any suggestions? You can see I obviously need help :) The hard part is the orthography; each lesson I find spells half the words di...