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... as 'coronated'.

Use 'crowned' you raving idiots. 

I'm going to watch Netflix and try to calm down...

Good Lord. Who used "coronated"? Sounds like an undignified medical procedure.

(06-05-2023, 07:10 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: [ -> ]... as 'coronated'.

Use 'crowned' you raving idiots. 

I'm going to watch Netflix and try to calm down...

NO, just no fgs!
 


Olive's right - it does sound like an undignified medical procedure!


Oh dear. Just looked it up, oh how hideous.
 
[b]coronate[/b]
verb
cor·o·nate ˈkȯr-ə-ˌnāt  
ˈkär-


coronated; coronating
transitive verb


[b]Recent Examples on the Web[/b]For larger families, the resort offers two-bedroom suites with kitchens. 11 Royals fans already know King Charles III will be [i]coronated [/i]on May 6.—Karen Cicero, [i]Good Housekeeping[/i], 13 Apr. 2023The monarch will be [i]coronated [/i]alongside his wife, Camilla, the queen consort, on May 6, 2023.—[i]Harper's BAZAAR[/i], 13 Apr. 2023"

All those in favor of banning "that" word say aye!

Aye

Corona = crown?

American perhaps? Or just plain old pig iggerence...

Bah humbug.

I am enjoying Bridgerton though. Gorgeous silliness.

Oh bugger, missed it ! Or still am missing it. I watched Harry Brown instead...vigilante pensioner - I might have found my calling.

Aye, ban the damned thing - it's just wrong.

(06-05-2023, 07:10 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: [ -> ]... as 'coronated'.

Use 'crowned' you raving idiots. 

I'm going to watch Netflix and try to calm down...

Who coronated you as language police?

(08-05-2023, 08:08 PM)Wainuiguy Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-05-2023, 07:10 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: [ -> ]... as 'coronated'.

Use 'crowned' you raving idiots. 

I'm going to watch Netflix and try to calm down...

Who coronated you as language police?

Even we over educated handwringing lefties are entitled to opinions.  Btw, no one coronates coppers. Silly sausage.

(08-05-2023, 09:04 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-05-2023, 08:08 PM)Wainuiguy Wrote: [ -> ]Who coronated you as language police?

Even we over educated handwringing lefties are entitled to opinions.  Btw, no one coronates coppers. Silly sausage.

I think your point was no one coronates anyone!

It could be interpreted that way. But perhaps my point was simply that 'crowned' was the better choice.

Coronated. Verb. After a "Sure thing" investment goes to the "Likely Fate" everyone else prophesied, the process of trading in your Lexus on an elderly Toyota Corona.

sounds a lot like urinated

I do like you guys.

(09-05-2023, 01:19 PM)king1 Wrote: [ -> ]sounds a lot like urinated

That'll be it....

"Urinate".... bit like a "V8" but smaller, really just a "wee wee car"