Re: RD's dream date

by Red Wed 22 Jul 2009, 09:38

taipan wrote:jeez, and only yesterday I suggested an alternate date for RD, to Skully.

Alternative?

That woman looks like she's just had her wisdom teeth removed.

by taipan Wed 22 Jul 2009, 09:40

Red wrote:
taipan wrote:jeez, and only yesterday I suggested an alternate date for RD, to Skully.

Alternative?

See what I mean Skulls.

We have had this debate before, either can be used.

by Red Wed 22 Jul 2009, 09:42

taipan wrote:
Red wrote:
taipan wrote:jeez, and only yesterday I suggested an alternate date for RD, to Skully.

Alternative?

See what I mean Skulls.

We have had this debate before, either can be used.

I'm sorry that can't. Unfortunately some people don't understand these because they don't understand the distinction between the two and why it's essential to use them correctly and not interchangeably.

by taipan Wed 22 Jul 2009, 09:43

you are disrupting the flow of this thread.

by Red Wed 22 Jul 2009, 09:45

taipan wrote:you are disrupting the flow of this thread.

I wouldn't have to if your literacy levels were up to scratch. Your use of alternate in that context conjures up possiblities you probably didn't intend. And let's get this straight, the two cannot be used interchangeably.

by skully Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:04

Ugh. Another hot and steamy taips and Red session. FFS.

by taipan Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:07

skully wrote:Ugh. Another hot and steamy taips and Red session. FFS.

Nah, she's all talk and no action

by skully Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:11

The gall is what gets me.

I know the pedantry is a wind up, but the p!ssweak excuses when its own posts are full of fark ups is laughable. Rolling Eyes

by taipan Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:13

Told you the solution yesterday

by Red Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:14

skully wrote:The gall is what gets me.

I know the pedantry is a wind up, but the p!ssweak excuses when its own posts are full of fark ups is laughable.

My fark ups are usually typos. He genuinely believes that you can use alternate and alternative as if they mean the same. I overlook most spellos I see but when someone blatantly tries to argue something that is wrong, he's asking for it.

by taipan Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:18

Um, what is an alternate director?

by Red Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:19

taipan wrote:Um, what is an alternate director?

One who directs every second show.

by Merlin Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:20

Red wrote:
skully wrote:The gall is what gets me.

I know the pedantry is a wind up, but the p!ssweak excuses when its own posts are full of fark ups is laughable.

My fark ups are usually typos. He genuinely believes that you can use alternate and alternative as if they mean the same. I overlook most spellos I see but when someone blatantly tries to argue something that is wrong, he's asking for it.

He's a Jaarpie, WTF do you expect when Swahili and not English is his mother tongue ....

Mind you, WTF do you expect as well ... being a Con from the outback where Abbo-speak is preferred to English ...

I mean BOTH of you ... get. a. grip. FFS.

Okay Round 1 .. dingaling .... boxer

... c'mon, give it yer best shot ...

by taipan Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:22

Red wrote:
taipan wrote:Um, what is an alternate director?

One who directs every second show.

Sorry, I forgot you are not conversant with the corporate world.

by Red Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:31

taipan wrote:
Red wrote:
taipan wrote:Um, what is an alternate director?

One who directs every second show.

Sorry, I forgot you are not conversant with the corporate world.

You didn't specify the context. Directors are not unique to the corporate world last time I checked.

by skully Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:33

Guess what F.O.R. stands for.

by taipan Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:37

skully wrote:Guess what F.O.R. stands for.

I'll bite

by Red Wed 22 Jul 2009, 10:45

taipan wrote:
skully wrote:Guess what F.O.R. stands for.

I'll bite

The bottom line is that Taipan has never quite grasped the difference between alternate and alternative.

by taipan Wed 22 Jul 2009, 11:01

Synonym,com

Synonyms for alternative

3 senses of alternative

Sense 1:
alternate, alternative, substitute

by Red Wed 22 Jul 2009, 12:13

Although UK authorities disapprove, in US usage, “alternate” is frequently an adjective, substituted for the older “alternative”: “an alternate route.” “Alternate” can also be a noun; a substitute delegate is, for instance, called an “alternate.” But when you’re speaking of “every other” as in “our club meets on alternate Tuesdays,” you can’t substitute “alternative.”

Sometimes ignorance allows a misuse to come into common usage.

by taipan Wed 22 Jul 2009, 12:17

And that is how a language develops.

by skully Wed 22 Jul 2009, 12:25

FFS. And tails used to give me the sh!ts.

All is forgiven, taily.

Or is that you, Red?

All I need is a "Merlian" to slip, and the jig is up. Cool

by taipan Wed 22 Jul 2009, 12:28

Well thay are both from the Melbourne area.

Should we read something into that?

by Merlin Wed 22 Jul 2009, 12:30

I'm lurking skulls ... lurking I tell you !! Suspect

But I can't envisage Red to be the bender somehow ... Red has actually been polite to me in the past ... which is most unusual for anyone on this board, let alone the bending-tail !!

by Red Wed 22 Jul 2009, 13:14

taipan wrote:And that is how a language develops.

Or how words are distorted so that the language loses its sense of nuance and the usefulness of certain words to perform their functions of denoting unique usage which helps to convey more specific meaning.

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