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be that as it may, i mention campaign and antagonism and aggression because whenever the word has been used in any discussion here it has invariably been met with a veritable cacophony of protests from a small group of people who clearly does feel very strongly about it, to the point of actually completely derailing whatever thread it appeared in and preventing any discussion about the actual topic (which was not, in fact, the use of the word "liseuse"). |
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1. Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion: "The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" (John Galsworthy). 2. Arousing or capable of arousing scornful pity. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pathetic |
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What is wrong with eBook reader as the name for our devices? But if anyone has any better ideas other then trying to shoehorn into another word, feel free to say. |
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Well, I do feel that this word is a silly word and not at all appropriate.
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But all that aside, my perception of there being an active campaign to push the word "liseuse" inside and outside this forum derives from the active campaign to push the word "liseuse" inside and outside this forum: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...hlight=liseuse Quote:
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what a timely... errrr "discussion" and how ironic it is that such a campaign to insert a french word into common english usage inspires such passion
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sorry, I looked at the top of the page which had today's date. as to the quality of the publication *shrug* I'm not British and wouldn't know. regardless. it is certainly a fact that the french have had a long standing struggle to "ban" foreign words
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I'm not sure what the French national approach to language adoption has to do with the adoption of French words into the English Language. The precedent is that the English Language (and let's not forget that the English language is at least part French) regularly accepts words from other 'foreign' tongues and incorporates them into our common lexicon. Thus making Liseuse an acceptable word to embrace as an English speaker. It's not like we're trying to get every native French speaker in the world to take on board the word 'minger' Then it would be a whole different kettle of fish. |
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