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deathly rat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom911 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 14:51:07
March 05 2012 14:49 GMT
#1
It occurs to me today that so much time is being wasted, and I know that the internets and forum people especially like shortening their speach in everyway possible. It is for this reason I would like to introduce a new nomenclature for describing which thing you are talking about.

The idea is to replace the beginning letter(s) of the object you are talking about with either R (right), L (left), M (middle), T (top), B (bottom/behind) or AH (ahead).

In this way you can easily talk about clicking your lousebutton or your rousebutton, and everybody will know easily which button you are referring to.

In the case of words that begin with vowels just add the letters to the front of the word. You can quickly understand me if I ask you to pass me the micecream, ricecream or licecream. It's so easy and clear to do that I wonder why it hasn't been widely adopted already.

Not only this, but words with entirely new and useful meanings will be created. For so long I have craved a word to describe both my left arm and my left leg (so cumbersome to describe), but now I can easily refer to my lapendages or conversely my rapendages. So convenient!

In some cases "irregular nouns" might exist. I can't imagine why you wouldn't use leftsticle and rightsticle, as they are such pleasing words to use.

What do you think, is this something that might take off?



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Cyber_Cheese
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia3615 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 15:01:04
March 05 2012 15:00 GMT
#2
Genius! This was one of my biggest concerns with the English language, and it's just so simple.
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Brazil4644 Posts
March 05 2012 15:01 GMT
#3
that is ridiculous
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sluggaslamoo
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Australia4494 Posts
March 05 2012 15:02 GMT
#4
Wouldn't it be lesticle and resticle?

Hilarious though.
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Ahelvin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
France1866 Posts
March 05 2012 15:08 GMT
#5
.. How baked were you when you had this idea?

Brilliant though :p.
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Golbat
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States499 Posts
March 05 2012 15:56 GMT
#6
10/10. I honestly can't imagine how this hasn't already caught on.
Like why do u use an oven instead of a fire? Coz its fucking better at cooking, that doesnt mean you want the shit to burn.
GohgamX
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada1096 Posts
March 05 2012 20:32 GMT
#7
Maybe a little more thought and websters will make the change.
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Scisyhp
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States200 Posts
March 05 2012 21:03 GMT
#8
Driving down the road:

"The ahars are slowing down! Quick, take the lurn!"
Iranon
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States983 Posts
March 05 2012 21:05 GMT
#9
On March 05 2012 23:49 deathly rat wrote:
my rapendages


Do not let Japan get a hold of this vocabulary.
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