Posted by Mike (WA) on June 21, 2011 at 08:23:41 from (69.10.196.29):
In Reply to: OT- usage of words posted by coloken on June 21, 2011 at 06:15:29:
Looking over the posts below, I guess "awesome" has come into such common use that nobody even thinks of it as being abused anymore.
I agree on "crank"- won't crank should mean it won't turn over. That's different than won't start or won't run.
Was looking for an older Cadillac on craiglist awhile back. I found that the more mis-spellings of "Biarritz" you searched, the more hits you got! In fact, the best deals were under the mis-spellings, because few people had seen them.
But now, some things are dumbed down so spelling doesn't matter. Fellow was on here awhile back looking for information on his Kabota. I helpfully suggested that a good first step would be to spell it right. Then I Googled "Kabota", Google asked "Did you mean Kubota?", and gave me a zillion Kubota hits.
Lets face it, Ken, if you can't bete 'em, joyn 'em!
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