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thejunipertreeWhen one wishes to communicate that they are hestitating over something because of being unsure of it or afraid of it, the word that one uses is 'leary'. Not 'weary'.
ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER. DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
argh.
hatehatehate
Also, while I'm on the subject. When an animal is flighty and shy and startles at small sounds, it is 'SKITTISH' not 'SKIDDISH'.
FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!
I hate the internet.
ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER. DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
argh.
hatehatehate
Also, while I'm on the subject. When an animal is flighty and shy and startles at small sounds, it is 'SKITTISH' not 'SKIDDISH'.
FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!
I hate the internet.
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Date: 2004-02-03 08:33 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-03 08:42 am (UTC)It seems to be archaic, though.
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Date: 2004-02-03 08:53 am (UTC)I LOVE HIM!!
Date: 2004-02-03 05:18 pm (UTC)Re: I LOVE HIM!!
Date: 2004-02-03 06:41 pm (UTC)L33T!!!
Re: I LOVE HIM!!
Date: 2004-02-03 09:00 pm (UTC)Re: I LOVE HIM!!
Date: 2004-02-03 09:06 pm (UTC)I NEED THAT! I WOULD NEVER TAKE IT OFF!
Re: I LOVE HIM!!
Date: 2004-02-03 09:08 pm (UTC)Bahaha - the picture in my head.
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Date: 2004-02-03 09:08 am (UTC)I think I hate people.
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Date: 2004-02-03 05:17 pm (UTC)The ones who really get on my tits are the people who say, "As long as I'm understood, then I don't care."
TOO BAD YOU LOOK LIKE AN ILLITERATE JACKASS IN THE PROCESS!!!
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Date: 2004-02-03 09:32 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-03 05:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-03 09:34 am (UTC)I thought it was spelled "leery", so I looked it up on dictionary.com. Here's the 2 entries:
leer·y
adj. leer·i·er, leer·i·est
Suspicious or distrustful; wary: was leery of aggressive salespeople.
leeri·ly adv.
leeri·ness n.
leery
adj : openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary]
Here are the enties for "wary".
war·y
adj. war·i·er, war·i·est
1. On guard; watchful: taught to be wary of strangers.
2. Characterized by caution: a wary glance at the black clouds.
Middle English ware, from Old English wær.
wari·ly adv.
wari·ness n.
wary
e \War"ye\, v. t. [AS. wergian, wyrgean. Cf. Worry.] To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also warrie, warry, and wary.] ``Whom I thus blame and warye.'' --Chaucer.
(woo, Chaucer. you're right, is antiquated use.)
wary
\Wa"ry\, a. [Compar. Warier; superl. Wariest.] [OE. war, AS. w[ae]r; akin to Icel. v?rr, Dan. & Sw. var, Goth. wars, G. gewahr aware, OHG. wara notice, attention, Gr. ? to see. Cf. Aware, Garment, Garnish, Garrison, Panorama, Ward, v. t. Ware, a., Warren.] 1. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. ``Bear a wary eye.'' --Shak.
We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men. --Milton.
2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
It behoveth our words to be wary and few. --Hooker.
Syn: Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See Cautious.
wary
adj 1: marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers" [ant: unwary] 2: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting]
So, since we have this MAGNIFICENT tool of analrifficness that is dictionary.com right here on the internet, why do the morons not use it? Is easier to write " OMFG LERNING TO SPEL N RITE IS TEH sux0r LOLOLOLOL111111LOL!" , i suppose, than it is to look something up. *shrug*
feel my pain, i work with ppl who thing that saying "I gots mines" to 3 year olds is perfectly okay.
also, are ya home? send me an email or pop onto aim & then i can give you a call, as I am home with the Cooties Of Doom today.
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Date: 2004-02-03 05:15 pm (UTC)It's both, it would appear. Though the way I always spelled it seems to be the archaic way. hrmph.
i work with ppl who thing that saying "I gots mines" to 3 year olds is perfectly okay.
urrrrf.
I dig. Also included in that is when people add an 's' to the end of names where it does not belong, specifically the names of stores. Like Barnes and Nobles? ARGHARGHARGHARGH. That makes me want to get stabby. IT DOES NOT HAVE A SECOND S, GODDAMNIT.
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Date: 2004-02-03 06:01 pm (UTC)People
Date: 2004-02-03 09:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-03 10:23 am (UTC)I am defiantly going to the club tonight.
I defiantly like chocolate.
R u defiantly gonna b thre?
KILL!!!
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Date: 2004-02-03 05:21 pm (UTC)The people who write like that make me crazy.
I've had a few of them on my AIM buddy list for a VERY short time. One of them was a girl I worked with. Who was very difficult to not release a smackdown on because she was also my boss's daughter. >:O
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Date: 2004-02-04 10:39 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-04 05:43 pm (UTC)makes me want to leave negative feedback on principle.
my dad im'd me with "what r u doing" one night,
and i refused to talk to him until he promised
never ever in a gajillion years to do it again.
ever.
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Date: 2004-02-04 08:15 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-03 05:59 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-04 10:37 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-04 08:10 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-05 12:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-03 11:41 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-03 05:12 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-03 05:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-03 01:08 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-03 05:22 pm (UTC)Again.
Umm.
Date: 2004-02-03 03:27 pm (UTC)As much as it bothers me though, language has always been protean and changes from generation to generation. I'm sure you don't spell jail as gaol anymore nor do we pronounce words as they once were. It bothers me but these things change, just a lot quicker nowadays.
Re: Umm.
Date: 2004-02-03 05:12 pm (UTC)As for everything else you said, that is all well and good. However, language being fluid should not also include taking a word like 'weary' and giving it a definition completely different.
Spelling and pronounciation are one thing. New definitions are entirely different.
Re: Umm.
Date: 2004-02-03 06:06 pm (UTC)Strange, I can't find any definitions for "leary" can you send a link? Merriam Webster ain't got crap. Okay, they did mention Thrice Great Hermes and Thoth but that's about it.
Re: Umm.
Date: 2004-02-03 06:08 pm (UTC)The people in question have used it consistently.
Strange, I can't find any definitions for "leary" can you send a link?
No link, sorry.
It was a paper dictionary.
Re: Umm.
Date: 2004-02-03 06:12 pm (UTC)No biggie on the definition. I think you've got Denis or Timothy Leary on the brain and are just making words up. Hee.
Re: Umm.
Date: 2004-02-03 09:10 pm (UTC)You're much too aggressive. I think you're
getting too much theba in your diet.
Re: Umm.
Date: 2004-02-04 04:27 am (UTC)Re: Umm.
Date: 2004-02-04 05:50 pm (UTC)never thought of doing "leery"
because i thought that was a mis-used tense of "leer"
which we know has no link to leary.
Main Entry: leary
variant of leery
Pronunciation Key
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and this is interesting. looks like it could be a neat site:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/wary.html
Re: Umm.
Date: 2004-02-05 05:02 am (UTC)DEFENDING THE ILLITERATE MASSES
Date: 2004-02-05 04:50 am (UTC)