Disrespecting--a word?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:57 pm
This was accidentlly sent to me personally (RB)
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Hello!
This is my first post so bear with me, please!
There is a word that has driven me insane since the first time I heard it used by John Madden during a Packer football game. Because I detest John Madden for his constant mangling of the English language, I immediately assumed he had made up the word. Yesterday I found the word in the dictionary and almost had a stroke...it was (and is) a perfectly normal word, but I have decided that I still hate it because I first heard the word come out of John Madden's mouth. Would you be interested in discussing this word? It is (dare I write it?): Disrespecting!
I don't know if this is the proper forum for asking about the origin of words. Please forgive me if it is not.
Thank you,
Carol A. Kopp
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Hello!
This is my first post so bear with me, please!
There is a word that has driven me insane since the first time I heard it used by John Madden during a Packer football game. Because I detest John Madden for his constant mangling of the English language, I immediately assumed he had made up the word. Yesterday I found the word in the dictionary and almost had a stroke...it was (and is) a perfectly normal word, but I have decided that I still hate it because I first heard the word come out of John Madden's mouth. Would you be interested in discussing this word? It is (dare I write it?): Disrespecting!
I don't know if this is the proper forum for asking about the origin of words. Please forgive me if it is not.
Thank you,
Carol A. Kopp