Comments on: Or let’s go for a walking or, if it’s terrific rain, let’s not!

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:59:43 +0000

Yes, it does look quite good. I was relieved when the ‘recently’ you mentioned turned out to be the 1800s Even I am not that old!

By: g

Tue, 12 May 2009 12:19:27 +0000

Here a very good site:

http://podictionary.com/?p=469

By: g

Tue, 12 May 2009 12:06:13 +0000

sorry, you should know (not “not”)

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:05:46 +0000

Well, G, that’s interesting. I didn’t know that. I’m afraid that I don’t know the origin of every word in the English language. I’m interested as to how recently we changed the meaning of the word – and to something so very opposite? Do you know?

By: g

Tue, 12 May 2009 11:58:05 +0000

As a teacher of Englsih you should not that ” terrific” from latin” terrificus”, until very recently meant “terrifying, dreadful, causing terror”

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:32:42 +0000

Hi Gail,

You do indeed make your point. As do all the people I mentioned above. Sometimes it’s just funny though.

Hi Pietro,

My point exactly. All the words mean, more or less the same – except terrific – which actually means wonderful or fantastic and that’s why I find it so funny. It’s like me using sticazzi to mean ‘fantastic’ (sorry if the spelling is wrong)

By: Pietro

Pietro — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:22:38 +0000

Terrific, terrible, disaster, they will kill us, we will never be able to do that…shall I continue? All the days, 5 days a week…

By: Gail

Gail — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:57:17 +0000

Hi Andy-

I, being one of those you have “corrected” a few times truly understand that which is ingrained. And throw in my “terrific” typing, (to use a word in your post) sometimes Iam less that literate. I manage to make my point though, albeit less than gramatically correct, at times.

I love your mind.

Love Gail
peace……