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Re: A Small Rant About Word Usage
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lugnet.off-topic.pun
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Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:05:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> Am I the only annoyed by the use of the word "ouster". The definition of
> this word make no sense when compared to other words with the "-er" suffix.
> To me the only usage of this word should be in referring to "someone in the
> process of ousting or has in the past ousted" and not to "the act of
> ousting". In other words, instead of saying "I call for the CEO's ouster"
> one should say "I call for the ousting of the CEO" since the former sounds to
> me like you calling for "the person who ousted/is ousting the CEO".
Isn't Ousterreich near Hungary? They used to be part of the same country, but
the former got "Ousted", and thus the name.
- Schlickbernd's Insidious Book of Spurious Quotations and Dubious Facts
-->Bruce<--
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| Am I the only annoyed by the use of the word "ouster". The definition of this word make no sense when compared to other words with the "-er" suffix. To me the only usage of this word should be in referring to "someone in the process of ousting or (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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