tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post116013890745266774..comments2023-06-04T11:38:40.921-04:00Comments on words / myth / ampers & virgule: And now a word from . . .Dick Margulishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10169512038331158003noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-1161092526730722542006-10-17T09:42:00.000-04:002006-10-17T09:42:00.000-04:00A TV news interviewee offered a refreshing change ...A TV news interviewee offered a refreshing change from "he was always so quiet": "He'd hermitized hisself."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-1160993581364130032006-10-16T06:13:00.000-04:002006-10-16T06:13:00.000-04:00Stuart,I don't know that I would ever say it. But ...Stuart,<BR/><BR/>I don't know that I would ever say it. But I would find it acceptable in informal dialogue among characters of the right generation. I can also seeing it developing a nuanced difference in meaning from <I>arrived</I>, perhaps being used for figurative arrival at a career goal. Or it could develop an entirely different meaning; on the analogy of the way <I>targeted</I> is actually used ("aimed at"), <I>destinate</I> could come to be used in for setting the destination of a Web link dynamically. Or it could just fade away. It's obviously too early to tell whether any of these scenarios will play out.Dick Margulishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10169512038331158003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-1160976585628272212006-10-16T01:29:00.000-04:002006-10-16T01:29:00.000-04:00When would you say destinated instead of arrived? ...When would you say destinated instead of arrived? It seems a little like saying "I targeted" to mean "I hit the target".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-1160497212715221462006-10-10T12:20:00.000-04:002006-10-10T12:20:00.000-04:00our sponsor The Acme Co.Get Your Nukes today!2 for...our sponsor The Acme Co.<BR/>Get Your Nukes today!<BR/>2 for 1Susan Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544739794053190521noreply@blogger.com