Timeline for Can "about" and "around" be used interchangeably in some cases?
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| Feb 22, 2014 at 4:08 | comment | added | miercoledi | ah, very good, i'm able now to see your position as being potentially as valid and possibly more-so than my own, thank you for taking the time to explain in a courteous manner, i truly admire civility in such forums as this. i will use the leads you've provided to research the relevant topics then adjust &/or correct my understanding. | |
| Feb 22, 2014 at 3:32 | comment | added | WinnieNicklaus | You're talking about the evolution of syntax, whereas etymology would be concerned with the word itself -- its pronunciation, meaning, source language, etc. You could argue that how a word is used syntactically could be included, but IMO that is just more than is usually meant by the word "etymology". And even if so, folk/false etymology is not the acceptance of nonstandard constructions or vocabulary, but rather popular, incorrect explanations of how those words came to be. | |
| Feb 22, 2014 at 3:11 | comment | added | miercoledi | i seem to be holding onto the idea that i'm correct to describe the integration of preposition phrases in a manner similar to slang as being etymology, and that the class of etymology would be folk as is the case with most slang or introduction of non-intentional new words &/or new uses for existing words. if i am wrong could you explain why, and try to include what field of study would be more appropriate to mention here? | |
| Feb 22, 2014 at 3:07 | history | edited | miercoledi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
wild and consistent error confusing the word "preposition" with "pronoun"
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| Feb 22, 2014 at 3:04 | comment | added | miercoledi | thank you kindly for pointing out my continued use of "pronoun" where i meant "preposition" - there was nothing intentional or artistic about that, simply a mistake - i will make that change right away. | |
| Feb 22, 2014 at 3:00 | comment | added | WinnieNicklaus | My objection was to the notion that the typical usage of around (or the typical usage of anything) is "not technically correct". But that's not a battle for SE comment threads. Just two notes on your terminology: nothing you have discussed is etymology (word origins), and about and around are examples of prepositions, not pronouns. | |
| Feb 22, 2014 at 2:48 | comment | added | miercoledi | see the very first line of the article you've cited; it is a disambiguation link to another article that happens to be titled "false etymology" on wikipedia. i apologize that my ironic usage of "folk etymology" and "layperson" and several other obvious falsely-evolved nouns is not appreciated here; my assumptions about (around?) language forums may be incorrect. | |
| Feb 22, 2014 at 2:42 | comment | added | WinnieNicklaus | Native speakers of English are "laypeople"? Also, folk etymology specifically relates to borrowed words. It does not refer to language change in general. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_etymology | |
| Feb 22, 2014 at 2:29 | history | answered | miercoledi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |