Right Chris. Real English. Without monster words. For example,
when I had do "invigilation" at St. Andrews - but fortunately, my
invigilatting days are over, at worst, I may have to be, on occasion,
vigilant.
Benson (who likes the accent but not the extra "u"'s either. !: )
>Uh, Chris, obligated is a pretty common word 'over here' where we
>speak
>'real' English and don't waste time with extra u's in color and humor.
What really bothers me though is that a perfectly good word like
>"obliged" is discarded for a word made up from a noun =
>obligation...
>obligated! By that process we might derive a monster like
>"pressurisated"
>from pressurisation - what was wrong with "pressure" or even
>"press"?
>All right, I've finished :>).
> Chris
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to turn thin air into great cities. But be careful, for that bridge can
be traversed in both directions and rather than help build a great city,
they can destroy a beautiful dream.
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Benson Honig Ph.D.
University of Haifa
Graduate School of Business
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