There is a parallel, intercourse going on which Goanet would frown upon. This is in reference to the recent posting by Mr. Nair. I thought that all the people inducted into this forum were of the jocular kind. To my amazement, savvy people are involved. I share this, with you hope it enriches, the vocabulary of the people who participate on Goanet, I feel the response is absolutely brilliant.
Cheers Gabe. [Message: 4 From: "Radhakrishnan Nair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:51:24 +0530 Subject: [Goanet]malapropism Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gabe Menezes in his enthusiasm to defend his case has committed a malapropism. He writes: "The powers that be, know, where I am and I would welcome any intercourse with them, in any theatre of their choosing, at any time and place which is mutually accepted!" Hopefullly, he meant "discourse" and not the word actually used. -- R.K. Nair ] Dear all, Don't know who this "CORRECTOR" of Gabe is. Hopefully, he/she is NOT a teacher of English, or a journalist. Hopefully, he/she has written the above in jest; hence a court jester (:-) here are some references: from MERRIAM-WEBSTER dictionary at foot of http://www.colaco.net/welcome.htm BTW: I wonder WHAT was "malaprop" in Gabe's usage of the word. jc __________ INTERCOURSE. Pronunciation: 'in-t&r-"kOrs, -"kors Function: noun Etymology: Middle English intercurse, probably from Middle French entrecours, from Medieval Latin intercursus, from Latin, act of running between, from intercurrere to run between, from inter- + currere to run -- Date: 15th century 1 : connection or dealings between persons or groups 2 : exchange especially of thoughts or feelings 3 : physical sexual contact between individuals _________ DISCOURSE Pronunciation: 'dis-"kOrs, -"kors, dis-' Function: noun Etymology: Middle English discours, from Medieval Latin & Late Latin discursus; Medieval Latin, argument, from Late Latin, conversation, from Latin, act of running about, from discurrere to run about, from dis- + currere to run -- Date: 14th century 1 archaic : the capacity of orderly thought or procedure : RATIONALITY 2 : verbal interchange of ideas; especially : CONVERSATION 3 a : formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject b : connected speech or writing c : a linguistic unit (as a conversation or a story) larger than a sentence 4 obsolete : social familiarity ___________ MALAPROPISM Pronunciation: 'ma-l&-"prä-"pi-z&m Function: noun Etymology: Mrs. Malaprop, character noted for her misuse of words in R. B. Sheridan's comedy The Rivals (1775) Date: 1849 1 : the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase; especially : the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but ludicrously wrong in the context ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
