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07-08-2003, 07:18 PM
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Zhentarim Guard
 Join Date: March 30, 2001
Location: Scotland
Age: 48
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Is it just me who's noticed or is there a habit in the US of embelishing words?.
I've noticed this a lot in US government speeches. Take a word like arrest. I arrest, he arrests, you have been arrested etc. In Bush speak this would become "we will arrestify Saddam" or "he has been arrestificated". I noticed this with "anaesthetist", it becomes "anaesthetologist" somehow in the US. Anyone else notice others?
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07-08-2003, 11:31 PM
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Hathor
 Join Date: March 6, 2001
Location: Waxahachie, TX
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Sports commentators have been doing this for years. It just strikes me as a poor command of the language. I really wish that the White House would have better grammar. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
So spoken like the daughter of an editor.
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