The Pedant's Revolt
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NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
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I heared him on Radio 4 -- about 8 o'clock-- and he really DID say "Incentivise" --- !
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"If a man speaks, and there isn't a woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"
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Either way ,I am ragerized or angerized or confuserized...
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Ajarn Philip
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englishangel wrote:No he didn't, he said "incentivize"
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Incentivize
The NEW OXFORD Dictionary
of ENGLISH
incentivize (also -ise) verb [with obj.] provide (someone) with an incentive for doing something: this is likely to incentivize management to find savings.
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Jo
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Re: The Pedant's Revolt
ummm......I have been known to use the word "incentivise" from time to time 
Jo
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Re: The Pedant's Revolt
The dictionary I used said it was an americanism, hence the Z (pronounced zee)
"If a man speaks, and there isn't a woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"
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NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
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From "Webster's" ---- Good Lord preserve us ! 
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NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
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The BBC have started this !------ is there an OB in there ?
This Morning Radio 4 ---
"On holiday in Spain ------ Try our Sangria -- you'll never get better !"
This Morning Radio 4 ---
"On holiday in Spain ------ Try our Sangria -- you'll never get better !"
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NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
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I have a new one --- seen today in Poole ---
WOODLAND BURIAL
SEA VIEW
(From above ?)
WOODLAND BURIAL
SEA VIEW
(From above ?)
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J.R.
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NEILL THE NOTORIOUS wrote:I have a new one --- seen today in Poole ---
WOODLAND BURIAL
SEA VIEW
(From above ?)
SEE VIEW ..............
Perhaps
John Rutley. Prep B & Coleridge B. 1958-1963.
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anniexf
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Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Just heard on BBC Midlands Today:
Reporter: "There's light at the end of the tunnel, but we're not out of the woods yet...."
Reporter: "There's light at the end of the tunnel, but we're not out of the woods yet...."
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Have we turned the corner to find the green shoots?
Thou shalt not sit with statisticians nor commit a social science.
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NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
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On the commentary about the Men's Pole Vault today ---
"Its all about the High Point "
------- What else ?
"Its all about the High Point "
------- What else ?
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Re: The Pedant's Revolt
oops, spot the deliberate mistake
Evening Lecture on
“Siegfried Sassoonâ€
World War One Poet, War Hero and Activist
Given by Dennis Silk, CBE
An Old Boy of Christ’s Hospital
and one of the countries
leading authorities on Sassoon.
Friday 6th November, 2009
Location: The Chapel, Christ’s Hospital
Time: 8.00pm
Open to the Public and ‘Old Blues’
Tickets are free.
A donation to the “Chapel Fundâ€
would be greatly appreciated.
Tickets will be reserved on a first come first served basis.
Evening Lecture on
“Siegfried Sassoonâ€
World War One Poet, War Hero and Activist
Given by Dennis Silk, CBE
An Old Boy of Christ’s Hospital
and one of the countries
leading authorities on Sassoon.
Friday 6th November, 2009
Location: The Chapel, Christ’s Hospital
Time: 8.00pm
Open to the Public and ‘Old Blues’
Tickets are free.
A donation to the “Chapel Fundâ€
would be greatly appreciated.
Tickets will be reserved on a first come first served basis.
"If a man speaks, and there isn't a woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"
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anniexf
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Re: The Pedant's Revolt
countries ???englishangel wrote:oops, spot the deliberate mistake
one of the countries
country's!!!