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Posts by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A What is a good translation for "waypoint" into Catalan?

It seems like a somewhat oxymoronic term, but I think that destí intermedi communicates the correct idea. Once I'd thought of that, I searched for prior usage: the Spanish equivalent seems to be fa...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A Translation Golf - Welcome!

English, 31 characters Hi! This site's for you if you like lingo. Notes: I consider Hi!, as an informal but not impolite greeting, to connote both the greeting and the acceptance aspects...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A How did “-able” semantically shift to mean “requiring”?

How did "payable" semantically shift to meaning 1 below? The shift seems to be the other way round: the earliest citation that OED has for paiable in the sense of "which must be paid" predates...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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