Thread: Silliness Words that should be outlawed or restricted.
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Old 03-22-2010, 09:29 AM   #63
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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm View Post
Not a word, but a suffix - the unthinking and careless burdening of otherwise harmless, maybe even useful, words with -ise/ize. As in "It is the human resources department's role to incentivise staff"
As someone learning English, I find this ise/ize confusing since it's virtually impossible to find any references on this...

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Originally Posted by ardeegee View Post
Uh-- (preparing to duck and run) "liseuse"?
It's a French word.

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Originally Posted by montsnmags View Post
I don't get it.


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Originally Posted by montsnmags View Post
"Atlantic"?
Someone from Atlanta?
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