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Blaukraut

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34. Why??? It's wrong!

Fri Mar 12, 2021, 08:54 PM

Mar 2021

Ugh. As a German whose second language is English, I have always taken particular care to about spelling, grammar, and proper usage of words. This word is just wrong. There is no reason to add it to a dictionary. Just teach people to use the correct word instead.

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"Supposably" [View all] Nevilledog Mar 2021 OP

No. Just no. CTyankee Mar 2021 #1

Destroying the English language Cirque du So-What Mar 2021 #2

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language.... A HERETIC I AM Mar 2021 #9

I'm aware of that Cirque du So-What Mar 2021 #11

It's a word that's been around since the early 1800s. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #13

I don't like it Cirque du So-What Mar 2021 #17

Why not? WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #19

I'm starting to come around... Cirque du So-What Mar 2021 #22

Yeah, I posted that further down. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #23

I'm not that hidebound Cirque du So-What Mar 2021 #26

I used to get annoyed until I deliberately let it go when I realized I still knew what people WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #35

Supposedly csziggy Mar 2021 #39

I feel the same way about "Chomping at the bit" A HERETIC I AM Mar 2021 #29

I've modified my stance (as demonstrated elsewhere in this thread) Cirque du So-What Mar 2021 #30

Where you at? Drives me crazy. LakeArenal Mar 2021 #33

The response is... jcgoldie Mar 2021 #47

A joke Cirque du So-What Mar 2021 #49

This is a joke, yes??? niyad Mar 2021 #3

I know a few people that use it. I figured it was a Southern thing nt AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2021 #24

Change happens. But don't worry, word snobs, this is just some online dictionary that cobbles its WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #4

Nope Merriam Webster considers it a real word csziggy Mar 2021 #43

Yeah, I added that further down. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #46

Doesn't "supposedly" Pantagruel Mar 2021 #5

Wonder what OED says?? niyad Mar 2021 #6

My Compact OED has it as an adverb of "supposable" csziggy Mar 2021 #48

Thank you for this. It still grates on the ear. niyad Mar 2021 #54

Webster wept. nt intrepidity Mar 2021 #7

+1 soothsayer Mar 2021 #18

In addition, "supposably" is a word in Merriam-Webster, and has been in use since the early 1800s. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #8

I find this new word to be entirely cromulent. n/t Dagstead Bumwood Mar 2021 #10

Indubitably, my dear Dagstead Bumwood. displacedtexan Mar 2021 #20

For all intensive purposes, this is an abasement of the English language. Aristus Mar 2021 #12

Haha! I see what you did there! Very good! Treefrog Mar 2021 #16

But it can't hold a camel to supposedly! displacedtexan Mar 2021 #21

I had no ideal! Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #14

I'm older then you. Kingofalldems Mar 2021 #15

I'm voting it came from people who don't know how to pronounce supposedly. HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #25

Because people cannot annunciate "supposedly". Caliman73 Mar 2021 #27

axe me a different question... WarGamer Mar 2021 #41

This should not of been done. johnp3907 Mar 2021 #28

Sarah Palin, is that you? rsdsharp Mar 2021 #31

Jebus wept. MineralMan Mar 2021 #32

Why??? It's wrong! Blaukraut Mar 2021 #34

It's been in a dictionary since the early 1800s. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #37

But people use it in the wrong context. Blaukraut Mar 2021 #42

irregardless of dictionary.com's opinion, that ain't no word. Takket Mar 2021 #36

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Maru Kitteh Mar 2021 #38

Dumbing down the English language... WarGamer Mar 2021 #40

well shit. jcgoldie Mar 2021 #44

Yeah jcboon Mar 2021 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author LibfromtheNorth Mar 2021 #45

I hated when impact became a verb Silver Swan Mar 2021 #51

Maybe next we can add "Liberry" and "Chimbley". mackdaddy Mar 2021 #52

Spusobaly Chautauquas Mar 2021 #53

No. Just no. mcar Mar 2021 #55

Well, they done did it dalton99a Mar 2021 #56