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Think I should update for the nth time this weekend? Nah...don't think I could say anything useful at the moment. I'd love to say something, but I better let myself stew in my own crypticism/crypticness/crypticality/erm is there a word?

Good race by the way...nice crashes. Me happy!

Current Mood: peaceful
Current Music: Animals - Pink Floyd

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goneril.livejournal.com

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

Believe me now?

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cheekbones3.livejournal.com

hmmm...okay, but that's an american dictionary!

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goneril.livejournal.com

What, so the word is illusionary? Not getting your point.

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cheekbones3.livejournal.com

just a different language!

From:

goneril.livejournal.com

pfffft! Ya big snob!

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cheekbones3.livejournal.com

:O)

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rainstorm.livejournal.com

no, it's different, it's a fair point :P

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goneril.livejournal.com

It's a moot point. Whether the word is UK-English or US-English (or one of the many other forms of English - dialect included) does not negate or confirm its validity. My (light-hearted) snob comment is in response to the suggestion that its origin would decide if it should be used or not.

Do you think it does?

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rainstorm.livejournal.com

(disclaimer - i'm very tire dand can't actually see straight, so i apologise for any typos/inconsistencies etc :> )

in a way i do, but mostly because it's american and their words are often quite different. it gets the meaning across which is good. that is the point of words, really.

i think "should be used or not" is too hard and fast. it depends on context..

i wish i could think straight. damn two o'clock in the morning to the mono-sodium-glutemate pits of hell.

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goneril.livejournal.com

Tell me about it. I'm still writing lessons for school tomorrow. Just need one more damn romantic daffodil poem that a dyslexic 12 year old can handle

I agree with you in principle - but in this case UK-English doesn't have a noun form of cryptic. US-English does. So it makes sense that if you're looking for a noun form of cryptic you'd go with the one already in use, even if it wasn't coined in the UK. If you're dealing with a choice of words (illusory vs illusionary) then yes, you'd probably go for the one most popular in your own country, though not necessarily so - and even less so now the internet is creating its own wierd hybrid form of English. Still, it's all tom-ah-to, tom-ay-to, really!

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cheekbones3.livejournal.com

and do you mean illusory?

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sharmaya.livejournal.com

Damn - was verily amused at that thought, so checked... and both words exist.

God, I've got to get a life.

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cheekbones3.livejournal.com

Yes. :O)

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goneril.livejournal.com

Ha, my downfall is not so easily brought about!

I bet you slow down at car accidents, too.

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goneril.livejournal.com

Or you would. If you could drive.

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goneril.livejournal.com

Illusionary is the american equivalent of illusory. I used it quite deliberately for effect.

Point is, the english language, much like tv, is evolving (though thankfully not to the sounds of Coldplay). New words come into usage all the time, just as old ones die. Just the other day someone was wondering why you can be wistful but not full of wist. Well, you could be in the fifteenth century, but now you're just full of intent. And with english being the popular language it is, chances are people other than us are going to come up with some new words along the way.

And the only place I change my mind on this is when they spell colour and humour wrong. ;)