tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902866399683505017.post1180826074771123652..comments2024-01-14T23:13:18.337+01:00Comments on working language: Hacerse la picha un líoArturo Vallejohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17676830823008414320noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902866399683505017.post-2626786094590543762018-02-04T12:09:24.831+01:002018-02-04T12:09:24.831+01:00More on floccinaucinihilipilification:
https://ww...More on floccinaucinihilipilification:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdZFV4yFi-Y<br />Arturo Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676830823008414320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902866399683505017.post-2251006435170671272018-02-04T12:05:21.777+01:002018-02-04T12:05:21.777+01:00Back to this entry again or rather to one of the c...Back to this entry again or rather to one of the comments. Now that I have come to learn more about him, I noted that Jacob Rees Mogg, that extraordinary man, once actually used floccinaucinihilipilification in Parliament. Here it is:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmXQOJhd0_0<br /><br />Arturo Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676830823008414320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902866399683505017.post-62927950769753010052012-11-27T00:14:36.286+01:002012-11-27T00:14:36.286+01:00You're all trying to sound a bit too clever, r...You're all trying to sound a bit too clever, really, with your se me antojas and common parlances. And as for 'flabbergasted' provoking stunned silence, well, I haven't checked the official figures, but I'm fairly certain that it scores higher on the frequency list than 'discombobulated'. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902866399683505017.post-72424598641955142052012-02-27T13:05:26.684+01:002012-02-27T13:05:26.684+01:00Back to this entry as I happened to come across &q...Back to this entry as I happened to come across "discombobulated" in this week's edition of The Economist. Here it is:<br /><br />"But late January was an age ago in what America’s discombobulated pundits are now calling the topsiest-turviest primary season they can remember."Arturo Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676830823008414320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902866399683505017.post-33885948670642168812012-01-11T21:45:50.694+01:002012-01-11T21:45:50.694+01:00I share your views on this one, Singles. When I f...I share your views on this one, Singles. When I first saw it in "Word Up !", I wasn't at all sure it would even be recognized by most English speakers. It was however one of the expressions I have trying to do for a long time so I wasn't too picky. Maybe I should have been...<br /><br />I must confess I am partial to "flabbergasted". I actually try and use it once in a while and, yes, a stunned silence usually follows.Arturo Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676830823008414320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902866399683505017.post-55562770983541906702012-01-11T21:25:50.719+01:002012-01-11T21:25:50.719+01:00It is, perhaps, a generalisation to say that curre...It is, perhaps, a generalisation to say that current UK culture dictates that all forms of communication are made as short as possible. This hasn’t just emanated from ubiquitous texting by phone, where abbreviations such as LOL, LMAO, M8, UR etc. are the norm. Rather, it’s an apathy of thought aptly summarised in a simple, “Why employ long words when shorter ones perform the same function?”. <br /><br />In common parlance, the previously acceptable “Good morning, how are you?” has long been relegated and replaced by any utterance of the fewest syllables such as “Alright?”, or even worse, a neanderthal “Eyyy!”. It’s a great shame.<br /><br />And so to “discombobulate”, a word which I guarantee is unknown by a large percentage of English speakers. Those who have encountered it before will doubtless have forgotten its meaning (I confess I had too!). <br /><br />It not only sounds convoluted, but seems to have been created purely for humorous effect. Its usage is liable to raise either an inquisitive smile, a response of “Discom...what?”, or, should a Spanish speaker use it, a stunned silence! <br /><br />Other words expressing emotion such as flummoxed (desconcertado) and flabbergasted (atónito) are used occasionally, but floccinaucinihilipilification (algo sin importancia) is as rare as discombobulate! <br /><br />That said, I’m pleased the author has brought to light a word which may educate some English as well as Spanish speakers. See ya!Singlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902866399683505017.post-85040858650384852312012-01-09T20:58:06.015+01:002012-01-09T20:58:06.015+01:00"Discombobulate, curiosa palabreja que se me ..."Discombobulate, curiosa palabreja que se me antoja tiene un componente onomatopéyico bastante importante. Me recuerda verbos como "descuajaringarse" que aunque los escuches por primera vez ya te haces una idea de lo que pueden significar.<br /><br />Ya he visto que, como era de suponer, "to discombobulate" también tiene su antónimo "to combobulate" para referirse a situaciones en las uno lo tiene todo bajo control, bien organizado o ha salido de su estado de confusión.<br /><br />Sin embargo, tengo la sospecha de que darle la vuelta a la expresión "hacerse la picha un lío" y buscar una forma antagónica, puede ser una tarea no solo comprometida sino incluso muy dolorosa...<br /><br />¡¡¡ uuufff !!!<br /><br />Inmejorable momento para recordar a Sir Paul McCartney..."Let It Be"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com