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#593292 - 04/14/13 06:21 PM Re: Go away, clouds! [Re: Reboot]
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Originally Posted By: Jim_
Originally Posted By: Leslie
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Just in case, I think it's time to unthaw one of my rice krispie treats.

Does that mean you will be freezing it?


Wow man, what a bum-me-out card you are. It's a verb and acceptable use. :-P


Hmmm ... when I looked-up the word at the online OED I got a different page, with the same definition but also with this caveat:

"Logically, the verb unthaw should mean ‘freeze’, but in North America it means exactly the same as thaw (as in the warm weather helped unthaw the rail lines); because of the risk of confusion it is not part of standard usage. Unthawed as an adjective always means ‘still frozen’, but it is best avoided because many contexts may be ambiguous, such as use frozen (unthawed) blueberries." [my bolding]

Which makes sense given that "unthaw" = "thaw" doesn't ;-)

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#593294 - 04/14/13 06:34 PM Re: Go away, clouds! [Re: six_of_one]
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Originally Posted By: six_of_one
Hmmm ... when I looked-up the word at the online OED I got a different page, with the same definition but also with this caveat:
That's the British and World dictionary. I use the US English, chosen the from the drop down menu. Probably because that's where I am, and that's what I speak? grin

I don't care about Britain or the rest of the world anyway. smirk
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#593297 - 04/14/13 08:15 PM Re: Go away, clouds! [Re: Reboot]
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I just find it interesting that even the OED is ambiguous -- it's supposed to be the standard ...

Oh well, I think I'll unwalk myself to the store and get some food for dinner ;-)

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#593298 - 04/14/13 09:39 PM Re: Go away, clouds! [Re: six_of_one]
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Originally Posted By: six_of_one
I just find it interesting that even the OED is ambiguous -- it's supposed to be the standard ...

Oh well, I think I'll unwalk myself to the store and get some food for dinner ;-)
Good to see you finally coming around.
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#593300 - 04/14/13 11:20 PM Re: Go away, clouds! [Re: six_of_one]
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So I suppose that unwrap means the same as wrap. Unhook the same as hook.
crazy

But I do remember an incident from my youth when my dad told me to raise the hydraulic lift down. I thought, then, " how does someone raise something down?

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#593301 - 04/14/13 11:22 PM Re: Go away, clouds! [Re: MrB]
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#593303 - 04/14/13 11:52 PM Re: Go away, clouds! [Re: yoyo52]
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Resist. Resist. Resist. Resist.
LOL. This stuff just makes you all twitchy like doesn't it? laugh wink
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#593315 - 04/15/13 02:09 PM Re: Go away, clouds! [Re: Reboot]
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round these parts dont knowbody use proper english..let alone proper u.s. english....and when somebody does...nobody knows what they are saying...

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#593319 - 04/15/13 04:56 PM Re: Go away, clouds! [Re: Pirate]
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Wow man, what a bum-me-out card you are.

THAT bummed you out?
Didn't have you pegged for being so sensitive.

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#593321 - 04/15/13 05:45 PM Re: Go away, clouds! [Re: Leslie]
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Making a new reply.

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He's a total wuss, I tells ya! grin
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