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I believe I will be attending the burial ceremony. You have convinced me. Hard to argue with the truth.

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To commemorate these words, I would first like to perform a.. um .. version of one of their favourite songs, by ... um Mr Elton John. While it might not be quite as majestic as the man himself it will hopefully be Elton John..um.. ish. There will be food and.. um drinks available at the buffet, with the .uh.. vessels available at the bar.

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Hmm... Looks like we might not be able to bury them so fast.

How about a compromise? Let us agree to accept them in some cases. For example, I believe I could make a good case for the retention of the word Kafkaesque. What say you, O sage one?

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Bury them fast, and bury them shallow. That's always been my motto!

hmmm very well, as you addressed me with my by my proper, ordained title and birthright, I will grant you one Kafkaesque per moon cycle. Do we have an agreement?

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agreed. I'll raise a ... to that.

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here here, my good ..

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Ah, now that raises an interesting question: What about the use of my good lady? Is that overused as well? (I suspect not, but I shall await your judgment.)

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Mar 30Liked by Wrong Channel

I'm tired of anachronistic f-bombs in historical movies or series. There was some Tudor show where one character dropped them half a dozen times in a brief conversation and it felt totally fake.

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That's a fine ass motherfucking double you're sporting madam

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Enjoyable article --you were right! I DO love wordplay!

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Thank you! Me too, me too. I’ve spent the last decade in a thesaurus hunting for it!

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Mar 22Liked by Wrong Channel

Funny how some words become unbearable to hear/read/use. Well argued, s... I mean, mate?

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Haha my brain keeps suggesting rendition. I’ve even said it a few times, but only in front of people I can be sure haven’t read it.

I’m glad someone else feels the same way. Are there any on your hit list?

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Mar 23Liked by Wrong Channel

Yes, of course, I'm such a pedant (which, for me, is a compliment), but they're mostly Italian words, my native language. English still sounds exotic to my ear, and almost everything has such a fresh, unusual quality to it. To be honest with you, though, I can't stand "invite", instead of "invitation", and "divide", instead of "division", not to mention "literally" which is – quite literally – ubiquitous.

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Respect. I was raised by pedants! We're a family of english teachers. haha interesting to get an outside perspective. I hear ya, literally me want to literally blow my brains out

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Mar 30Liked by Wrong Channel

It was cute in "Parks and Rec" when he pronounced it litrally, heavy on the first syllable.

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I can only assume that you, sir, imbibed one too many malt beverages before writing this post. I can only hope you discarded the tins in the proper recycling receptacle afterwards. If not, you will hear my rendition of what trouble is, and that my friend is pretty scary-esque!

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haha nicely done

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Sep 6Liked by Wrong Channel

I think the use of "rendition" you describe has been overwritten in my head by "rendition" as the post-9/11 seizing of prisoners and shipping them off to 3rd countries where they can be tortured. This sort of thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8hldeoaNBc

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I can't believe they made rendition the title of a movie. In my head, that feels like a parody. "Rendition" in cinemas near you. How could that film be anything but a flop

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this is wonderful

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Thank you very much mate

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'Half a dozen' is my pet peeve. It's like saying 'half a fortnight'. The word 'six' is right there.

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I wouldn't want to peeve shame you, but I've got to say I don't get that one. I'm partial to half a dozen - of anything

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Wow, I cannot come up with worthy words, here. I am not a writer. I in no way can top all these comments. I do like words. There is a Substacker that manipulates the English language in a salty and different way when delivering a newsy topic that has a lot of punch like no other. And another who does poetry w/a pulse on newsy current happenings and translates into a beautiful newsy prose but makes her words rhyme like no other. And now here we are w/Sam w/much intrigue like no other. Thank you for the experience as well as I appreciate reading all 📖 those comments. You and comments are extremely thought 💭 provoking.

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Thanks very much Joanne, that's very kind of you to say! All words are worthy, beside the 5 blacklisted above, of course - and I very much appreciate your lovely comment :)

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haha glad you liked those bits. Thanks Simon! Looks like we've got ourselves a lover of words.

I'm Sam btw!

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Thank you Simon! That’s bloody lovely of you to say! My hope was to create an image with as few words as possible, so I’m glad it actually worked

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