tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post2608094991801344968..comments2024-03-27T16:02:25.334-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Positive anymore at the pumpMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-75460570349067360782022-09-14T12:29:12.674-05:002022-09-14T12:29:12.674-05:00I sometimes feel like I have a Geiger counter. : )...I sometimes feel like I have a Geiger counter. : )Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-36311020378965167992022-09-14T10:24:02.164-05:002022-09-14T10:24:02.164-05:00Grammar in the wild! Love it.Grammar in the wild! Love it.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-73690161203059046052022-09-14T09:41:09.194-05:002022-09-14T09:41:09.194-05:00Use it proudly anymore. : )Use it proudly anymore. : )Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-46482814079678060992022-09-13T22:28:49.337-05:002022-09-13T22:28:49.337-05:00Funny, I just reread my comment from your 2015 pos...Funny, I just reread my comment from your 2015 post. I was having the same thought as I read this post - which is that this use, with positive anymore at the end of the sentence is the way I would use it. I wouldn't use it at the beginning of a sentence, as in the examples you gave in the previous post. So I'm a partial positive anymore user. And I do have Scottish and Irish heritage...Daughter Number Threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-17551360630609976472022-09-13T12:03:49.047-05:002022-09-13T12:03:49.047-05:00Stefan, I wonder if rigamarole is a recognized ins...Stefan, I wonder if <i>rigamarole</i> is a recognized instance of epenthesis. That’s a rabbit hole for another day. I think <i>persnickety</i> in Tolstoy would make me laugh out loud. There’s a funny “let’s don’t” in <i>AK</i> that I should have marked.<br /><br />Joe, yes, <i>biannual</i> Is confounding. But the first time I heard positive anymore I was totally addled. I had to look it up to find out what I was hearing. ( Later, not during the conversation!)Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-61539411488025622132022-09-13T10:17:58.097-05:002022-09-13T10:17:58.097-05:00Not since I (only recently) learned that it's ...Not since I (only recently) learned that it's acceptable to use biannual to mean twice per year have I found something as confusing as the positive anymore. Having lived my entire life in New England it's no surprise I've never heard it.Joe DiBiasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650146446464166175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-10950928137188442322022-09-13T09:25:59.282-05:002022-09-13T09:25:59.282-05:00Your mention of “rigmarole” after an Anna Karenina...Your mention of “rigmarole” after an Anna Karenina post reminded me that Anthony Briggs’ translation of War and Peace includes “pernickety,” which I had to look up. Growing up where I did, I always put the A in “rigamarole” and the S in “persnickety.”Stefannoreply@blogger.com