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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" --- ! :oops:

Re: The Pedant's Revolt

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:16 pm
by englishangel
No he didn't, he said "incentivize"

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Incentivize

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
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.

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 :oops: :?

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 ! :twisted:

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.
NEILL THE NOTORIOUS wrote:I have a new one --- seen today in Poole ---

WOODLAND BURIAL

SEA VIEW

(From above ?)

SEE VIEW .............. :!: :!: :oops:

Perhaps :?:

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 Sassoon”



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 Fund”

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
countries ???

country's!!!