And I even like the colour!

Jan 19, 2010 16:52

I have a new printer, which is making me very happy :)

It's an all-in-on scanner/printer, which I've been wanting for ages, it prints in a decent time, the scans are good quality, it copies very quickly, it's tray folds away so I can put books next to me on the desk...

Oh yes, and it's black. My tower is also black, and so is my keyboard, so all ( Read more... )

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fhtagn January 19 2010, 17:52:30 UTC
A - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in reference to a car.
B - Quotation. Quote is a verb. ::shakes his finger at the naughty linguist::

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ewx January 19 2010, 18:40:25 UTC
It's been a noun with the same meaning as quotation for comfortably over a century according to the OED, but what would they know?

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fhtagn January 19 2010, 19:37:37 UTC
The OED records the use of words. In this case, it cites the first use as a Minnesotan Paper and follows that with the Daily Mail. The gutter press is probably a fair indication of society, but a poor resource for language.

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ewx January 19 2010, 20:11:54 UTC
I'll take it over the prejudices of random people on the internet any day.

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rochvelleth January 22 2010, 17:14:36 UTC
A - Have ten points. I'm not sure how you're going to redeem them though.

B - Oh, I don't have time for a prescriptivism debate now! :) I think I'll have to make a proper post about this when I do have time.

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