Metaphor Police - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T07:50:24Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:133193?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A133354&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI read or heard somewhere tha…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-29:537324:Comment:1341742008-03-29T14:18:48.821Zlen howletthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/lenhowlett
I read or heard somewhere that it originated with a psychotherapist in California using it to describe some problem in an individual's development that hindered further self actualization, it became part of the sales jargon for the head checkers, and finally part of the lexicon for the general population. Thus, if it is a psychological snag, it is not an entire human, and should be phrased as 'hung up.' Not that I want to be one of those people who give too much time to semantics. Such hung up…
I read or heard somewhere that it originated with a psychotherapist in California using it to describe some problem in an individual's development that hindered further self actualization, it became part of the sales jargon for the head checkers, and finally part of the lexicon for the general population. Thus, if it is a psychological snag, it is not an entire human, and should be phrased as 'hung up.' Not that I want to be one of those people who give too much time to semantics. Such hung up people should be.....well,.... What is the origin of the phr…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-29:537324:Comment:1341612008-03-29T11:27:07.573ZNeil Whitehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/NeilWhite
What is the origin of the phrase "hung up", because is there an argument that it should be "hanged up"?
What is the origin of the phrase "hung up", because is there an argument that it should be "hanged up"? Same goes for me even if I ca…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-28:537324:Comment:1340992008-03-28T22:52:22.221ZSue Dawsonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/SueDawson
Same goes for me even if I cannot type worth a darn! Too many years teaching in high school, I guess.
Same goes for me even if I cannot type worth a darn! Too many years teaching in high school, I guess. Ed, I came late to this discu…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-28:537324:Comment:1340862008-03-28T21:48:16.676Zlen howletthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/lenhowlett
Ed, I came late to this discussion, but I agree wholeheartedly with the hanged/hung distinction. I have actually read and heard people in the media use the term 'hung' for the pastense of execution. I have always remembered that pictures are hung and people are hanged, and it has always rankled me to hear the misuse of the term. I have been well hung up about it all my life.<br />
Len
Ed, I came late to this discussion, but I agree wholeheartedly with the hanged/hung distinction. I have actually read and heard people in the media use the term 'hung' for the pastense of execution. I have always remembered that pictures are hung and people are hanged, and it has always rankled me to hear the misuse of the term. I have been well hung up about it all my life.<br />
Len Fair enough!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-28:537324:Comment:1340792008-03-28T21:02:52.117ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Fair enough!
Fair enough! My sixth grade teacher, my so…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-28:537324:Comment:1339992008-03-28T16:22:04.008ZSue Dawsonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/SueDawson
My sixth grade teacher, my sophomore English teacher, and my major professor in college<br />
would be in complete agreement. Knowing that language is always in a state of flux, I still cringe at some of the changes. It is straange, however, that I learned more about my lively English language by studying a dead one, Latin.<br />
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Kudos to all those fine teachers of my school days!
My sixth grade teacher, my sophomore English teacher, and my major professor in college<br />
would be in complete agreement. Knowing that language is always in a state of flux, I still cringe at some of the changes. It is straange, however, that I learned more about my lively English language by studying a dead one, Latin.<br />
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Kudos to all those fine teachers of my school days! As a spoken word, "alright" i…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-27:537324:Comment:1336262008-03-27T18:45:18.082ZNeil Whitehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/NeilWhite
As a spoken word, "alright" is all right. It is one word in its own right.<br />
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The English language is filled with nuances. I meet many Urdu and Punjabi interpreters in my day job, and they say that interpreting can be tricky as those languages don't have nuances in the same way that English does, so the meanings can change. Pretty important in a courtroom.
As a spoken word, "alright" is all right. It is one word in its own right.<br />
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The English language is filled with nuances. I meet many Urdu and Punjabi interpreters in my day job, and they say that interpreting can be tricky as those languages don't have nuances in the same way that English does, so the meanings can change. Pretty important in a courtroom. Umm, splitting hairs here, bu…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-27:537324:Comment:1336092008-03-27T18:02:09.333ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Umm, splitting hairs here, but ideas are surely intellectual?<br />
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No, I know. You're talking about language. And there it all depends who your audience is. It certainly can't hurt for a writer to be knowledgeable and flexible.
Umm, splitting hairs here, but ideas are surely intellectual?<br />
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No, I know. You're talking about language. And there it all depends who your audience is. It certainly can't hurt for a writer to be knowledgeable and flexible. Writers should be able to com…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-27:537324:Comment:1335302008-03-27T14:41:37.491ZJohn McFetridgehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnMcF
Writers should be able to communicate ideas. If intellectual pretensions help do that, fine, but if they get in the way, then they have to be sacrificed.
Writers should be able to communicate ideas. If intellectual pretensions help do that, fine, but if they get in the way, then they have to be sacrificed. Shouldn't writers have intell…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-27:537324:Comment:1335212008-03-27T14:22:28.027ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Shouldn't writers have intellectual pretensions? Or has the intellect gone out of fashion?
Shouldn't writers have intellectual pretensions? Or has the intellect gone out of fashion?