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Old 09-20-2011, 01:16 PM   #241
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how about "minister"?
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Old 09-20-2011, 01:27 PM   #242
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how about "minister"?
What are you using that word as an example of?
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Old 09-20-2011, 01:47 PM   #243
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Do you mean, what he means or is he just being mean or is it just a mean interpretation of what it is?
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Old 09-20-2011, 01:49 PM   #244
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Do you mean, what he means or is he just being mean or is it just a mean interpretation of what it is?
I was asking what he was using the word as an example of? It's not clear from the context.
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Old 09-20-2011, 01:52 PM   #245
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Where Harry lives, a solicitor is a lawyer. Where I live, it's a prostitute. I suppose a more uncharitable person might say that's a fine example of the essential unity of the English language.
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Where Harry lives, a solicitor is a lawyer. Where I live, it's a prostitute. I suppose some would say that's a fine example of the essential unity of the English language.
Ah, but in Britain, prostitution is perfectly legal, but soliciting isn't .
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Old 09-20-2011, 02:19 PM   #247
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Perhaps "valuable" and "invaluable" would be another example? And we also have words which should mean the same, but are actually opposites, such as "worthless" and "priceless".
Valuable and invaluable are close, but definitely not quite as much the same as flammable and inflammable.

My old family photos are invaluable, but not really very valuable.
A simple gold ring is valuable, but hardly invaluable.
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Old 09-21-2011, 12:38 AM   #248
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Harry didn't minister mean something like a servant in Latin? (btw.) one could argue if people carrying this title nowdays do really serve us
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Old 09-21-2011, 08:49 AM   #249
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I sit corrected...Not saying anyone is gloating..but many come up with t most/best etc...and it seems to at times convey better....apologies to the round table...
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Harry didn't minister mean something like a servant in Latin? (btw.) one could argue if people carrying this title nowdays do really serve us
Yes, though as a goverment title minister meant servant to the king. The Prime Minister was his first servant.
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Old 09-21-2011, 10:15 AM   #251
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I sit corrected...Not saying anyone is gloating..but many come up with t most/best etc...and it seems to at times convey better....apologies to the round table...
No problem. Every language has things that are unique to it.
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