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Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:59 am
by NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
I heared him on Radio 4 -- about 8 o'clock-- and he really DID say "Incentivise" --- !

Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:16 pm
by englishangel
Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:54 pm
by dinahcat
Either way ,I am ragerized or angerized or confuserized...
Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:07 am
by Ajarn Philip
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.
Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:16 pm
by Jo
ummm......
I have been known to use the word "incentivise" from time to time
Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:20 pm
by englishangel
The dictionary I used said it was an americanism, hence the Z (pronounced zee)
Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:50 pm
by NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
From "Webster's" ---- Good Lord preserve us !

Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:23 am
by NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
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 !"
Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:52 pm
by NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
I have a new one --- seen today in Poole ---
WOODLAND BURIAL
SEA VIEW
(From above ?)
Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:47 pm
by J.R.
Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:39 pm
by anniexf
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...."

Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:55 pm
by midget
Have we turned the corner to find the green shoots?
Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:45 pm
by NEILL THE NOTORIOUS
On the commentary about the Men's Pole Vault today ---
"Its all about the High Point "
------- What else ?
Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:49 pm
by englishangel
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.
Re: The Pedant's Revolt
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:29 pm
by anniexf
englishangel wrote:oops, spot the deliberate mistake
one of the countries
countr
ies ???
countr
y's!!!