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On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 12:14:18AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > > > > Since this is |
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> > > > > depreciated, which generally means no longer maintained |
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> > > > <nitpick> |
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> > > > The word you want is "deprecated". |
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> > > > "depreciated" is something else entirely, it's what your employer |
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> > > > does to the book value of your company car over 5 years to get |
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> > > > the value down to nothing. |
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> > > > </nitpick> |
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> > > "Depreciated" is perfectly cromulent in this instance. |
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> > You really think it's copacetic? |
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> I never heard of copacetic till now, had to look it up. |
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Sorry to necropost, but I waited many a month for this opportunity, for I have |
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a nitpick to shoot back with: |
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> What a wonderful word, I feel embiggened by it's correctness |
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“it’s”, just like “he’s”, is a contraction with the verb “is”. |
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What you meant was “its”, meaning a posession belonging to “it”. |
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*runs, ducks and hides* |
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Depreciate, for me, is basically de- (which usually has a negative meaning) |
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and preciate, i.e. <gollum> ”making a precious” </gollum>). ;-) |
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But well, being a foreign speaker and a grammar n*zi, I might have an unfair |
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advantage about such thing. |
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Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ |
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Please do not share anything from, with or about me with any Facebook service. |
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Bank -- an institution where you can borrow money |
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for the proof that you don’t need it. |
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