Posted on 07/18/2006 2:05:15 PM PDT by JSedreporter
Holy cow, I got that on the first read! It was instantaneous. Should I be scared?
Wakka...wakka..wakka...
Yes, and then they'll tell you what a waste of time it is to bother with the mechanics of the English language.
I was once harassed in e-mail because I dared to leave a comment at a website that they ought to have the contents proofread (this was a business website, mind you).
I'm amazed at the number of people who realize that to get a computer to perform correctly, they first have to type the commands correctly ("spell" them correctly, if you will), but who also seem to take some sort of idiotic pride in mangling the English language.
A lot of these people are the same ones who bleat everywhere that they "just want to find someone to except my love." Or they don't know "to" from "two" from "too."
Sheesh.
For what it is worth, the spelling is "derogative", not "derrogative."
;-)
Wonder where the anti-immigration ppl are on this issue.
I missed that one the first time around.
But the way I've usually heard it, most of the time it's "derogatory." Anyone got a dictionary around here? ;)
I like onelook.com: http://www.onelook.com/?w=derogative&ls=a
I generally find http://m-w.com to be the most useful of the dictionaries presented by onelook.com.
When searching for the use of a particular word in the King James Bible, I use http://www.wordsake.com.
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