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[cheekbones3]

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!

Comments

Re: Here you are...

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

just a different language!

Re: Here you are...

[goneril.livejournal.com]

pfffft! Ya big snob!

Re: Here you are...

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

:O)

Re: Here you are...

[rainstorm.livejournal.com]

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

Re: Here you are...

[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?

[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.

[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!