GDT: PENULTIMATE REGULAR SEASON GAME: Aves/Jehts, Decidedly Un-Epic GDT

[UncleRisto]

When people see "Ultimate" they rarely think of it as and adjective and only see it as a noun. And no one would describe tomorrow's game as the "best".

What do you mean a noun, the frisbee game?

 

[Pokecheque]

Let's get this thread back on track. I need help with some etymology...Why do we use Latin to call the second to last game Penultimate, but we don't actually call the final game the Ultimate game?

As a native English speaker, even I think our language is weird at times.

And here I am to derail it again.

I've got an English degree and yes, it's a completely f***ed-up language. Lucky for us Great Britain and the United States have shoved it down the throat of the rest of the world for the last few centuries. I've been studying other languages and I'm so jealous how they have everything flow together so nicely.

It's a clumsy amalgamation of so many other languages (German, French, Old Norse, Latin) that the "rules" just overlap and sometimes contradict one another. It doesn't help that English, unlike other major languages around the world, does not have a central ruling authority. The closest thing to it is the Oxford Dictionary, and they're way, way too lenient on what let in. I want to punch whoever decided "irregardless" was okay to use now.

 

[sethro109]

What do you mean a noun, the frisbee game?

 

[UncleRisto]

I want to punch whoever decided "irregardless" was okay to use now.

No?!

 

[sethro109]

And here I am to derail it again.

I've got an English degree and yes, it's a completely f***ed-up language. Lucky for us Great Britain and the United States have shoved it down the throat of the rest of the world for the last few centuries. I've been studying other languages and I'm so jealous how they have everything flow together so nicely.

It's a clumsy amalgamation of so many other languages (German, French, Old Norse, Latin) that the "rules" just overlap and sometimes contradict one another. It doesn't help that English, unlike other major languages around the world, does not have a central ruling authority. The closest thing to it is the Oxford Dictionary, and they're way, way too lenient on what let in. I want to punch whoever decided "irregardless" was okay to use now.

Double negatives are fun!

 

[Pokecheque]

Double negatives are fun!

Yes! They are.

I also thought people were overreacting when they said "10 items or less" was bad grammar, so now all the signs at the store say "10 items or fewer" which just doesn't sound right.

 

[UncleRisto]

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Oh, of course. If you say that's common, I guess. Not really how I would choose to use that first.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Let's get this thread back on track. I need help with some etymology...Why do we use Latin to call the second to last game Penultimate, but we don't actually call the final game the Ultimate game?

As a native English speaker, even I think our language is weird at times.

At least it's consistent with their numbering (eg 9 is 1 before 10 or IX).

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Hmm. That's interesting. Because you absolutely can, since that's what it means. It is of course used to mean the extreme, or even sometimes the last or greatest possible in a series which is technically the same... but very rarely like that.

Another very important thing to note is that there's also technically the antepenultimate, preantepenultimate, and propreantepenultimate.

That last one sounds like something that I would have to wait until I get home from work to look up. *LMAO*

 

[sethro109]

Oh, of course. If you say that's common, I guess. Not really how I would choose to use that first.

It's weird because people use it as an adjective, but use it's meaning when it's noun. English really is a mess.

 

[UncleRisto]

That last one sounds like something that I would have to wait until I get home from work to look up. *LMAO*

Yeah, I say technically, because that one's just before-before-before-almost-last. So it's definitely bullshit to stack those.

Anyway, was there a game? Or no?

 

[forsbergavs32]

With the Jets resting guys hopefully we win this one. Hopefully tonight is a win to keep my night going well since I’m hitting up a record release party tonight at a local record store.

 

[S E P H]

Smooth handwriting.

 

[UncleRisto]

With the Jets resting guys hopefully we win this one. Hopefully tonight is a win to keep my night going well since I’m hitting up a record release party tonight at a local record store.

Grab a VHS on your way home, too. Make it a whole night.

 

[AvBuff]

Buh, buh, buh, Bedsy and the Jets?

 

[Vk1ing]

The jets resting half their team so the can win 1 game in the playoffs lol

 

[Metallo]

Pokecheque going analog in the GDT, noice!

 

[Hanswurst]

I‘m afraid to take a sneaky Look in the Stars board. Have they find out the Jet‘s lineup already? And how Big is the Rage and the hate towards wpg

 

[the_fan]

The jets resting half their team so the can win 1 game in the playoffs lol

Or they want the Avs to win the central

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

The Aves logo looks like it's touching the puck with it's hairy long-ass right hand while facepalming with the tiny left hand.

Heebiejeebies!!

 

[AvBuff]

Is Avs/Jets the hockey version of a soccer "friendly"?

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Better win tonight considering what the Jets are going to ice

Better win by at least 5

 

[AvBuff]

Better win by at least 5

MacKinnon and Makar will be signing autographs for the Jets starters after the game.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Grab a VHS on your way home, too. Make it a whole night.

VHS? I still have my Beta player

 

[UncleRisto]

VHS? I still have my Beta player

Ah. I thought maybe a DVD at a Redbox.