tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post1330736263259027428..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: OrieltownDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-72768909885490379442010-04-10T18:27:14.607+01:002010-04-10T18:27:14.607+01:00How about just using 'accept' rather than ...How about just using 'accept' rather than 'tolerate'?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-20430633179610032702010-04-10T14:14:10.669+01:002010-04-10T14:14:10.669+01:00David Damant arites
Thus the latin root gives ris...David Damant arites<br /><br />Thus the latin root gives rise to Sense One, which I agree is the more dominant of the two. Maybe we need another word for "happy to accommodate despite the differences" <br /><br />Shakespeare couldn't even spell his own name in a consistant manner.David Damanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409591480349323761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-27995547238592891492010-04-10T11:12:12.185+01:002010-04-10T11:12:12.185+01:00And insist on spelling 'accomModation' cor...And insist on spelling 'accomModation' correctly, Sir David. Back to school with you.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-33396920394833344322010-04-10T11:11:24.609+01:002010-04-10T11:11:24.609+01:00I'll be even more pedantic and insist on the L...I'll be even more pedantic and insist on the Latin root, where the verb means nothing other than 'to bear' - and no-one just wants to be 'borne' (toleo, tollere, ferre, latum, or some such).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-79571903476890477602010-04-10T10:32:20.195+01:002010-04-10T10:32:20.195+01:00David Damant writes
If I may risk being labelled ...David Damant writes<br /><br />If I may risk being labelled a pedant, the difficulty with the word "tolerate" is that it has two meanings which slide into each other. Sense One : the Sondheim quotation where the word includes a degree of patronising acceptance ( which is unwelcome).Sense Two : " happy to accomodate, despite the differences" - that is the sense used by Mr Nice, whose comment "horrid word" shows that the overtones of Sense One rather grate.David Damanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409591480349323761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-55149096438666762442010-04-09T12:08:28.387+01:002010-04-09T12:08:28.387+01:00A great line from Sondheim's A Little Night Mu...A great line from Sondheim's A Little Night Music:<br /><br />As I have often stated<br />It is intolerable being tolerated.<br /><br />Thank you, thank you for the sumptuous architectural and fresco tour.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.com