tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post4728073361360056883..comments2024-01-08T19:49:13.932+00:00Comments on Froogville: JudgementFrooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-6171315759510583632010-07-21T16:06:33.469+00:002010-07-21T16:06:33.469+00:00Thanks for that link there, Hopfrog.
I'm real...Thanks for that link there, Hopfrog.<br /><br />I'm really spooked about that thing about English judges passing judgment. I was a lawyer once, and, although long out of the game, it bothers me that I don't ever recall having come across that particular linguistic oddity. I am inclined to doubt the sources who claim that.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-52949760896040343562010-07-21T11:08:13.245+00:002010-07-21T11:08:13.245+00:00It always felt wrong to me as well and now I am fu...It always felt wrong to me as well and now I am furious. I just typed out some sentences on my word processor and it indicated that both judgement and judgemental were misspelled.<br /><br />The OED is the standard, and sure enough, judgement and judgment are both acceptable.<br /><br />Also, found this interesting link about it:<br /><br />http://www.dailywritingtips.com/judgement-or-judgment/<br /><br />Well, maybe only interesting to me as I wish I could now go back in time about 10 years and yell "HA! I WAS RIGHT!" to my roommate and undo all the corrections I have forced upon people over the years!<br /><br />Disregard, on second glance, your belt is fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-60860348251206633342010-07-21T02:30:09.740+00:002010-07-21T02:30:09.740+00:00Says who?
Every authoritative dictionary allows b...Says who?<br /><br />Every authoritative dictionary allows both spellings, and <i>my impression</i> is that 'judgemental' continues to be slightly the more common.<br /><br />I don't have access to the OED, so can't check the etymology in detail, but I rather suspect that the shorter version is more recent, probably an <i>American</i> simplification (along the lines of 'favor' for 'favour', etc.).<br /><br />I'm not sure if this is a British/US distinction; and I don't really care. 'Judgment' just <i>feels wrong</i> to me: ugly (three consonants together, never good), unnecessary, illogical.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-73061822099565979062010-07-21T01:21:12.521+00:002010-07-21T01:21:12.521+00:00Probably incorrectly spelled more frequently than ...Probably incorrectly spelled more frequently than any other word I have come across. Guilty of this myself.<br /><br />I remember screaming to a roommate one day that the morons who were making the headlines for a newscast on the tele couldn't even spell Judgement!<br /><br />He pointed out that it was Judgment and I have felt it my duty to do the same from that day forward.<br /><br />Probably wouldn't have said anything if this had been a recent post, but way back here, its kinda like pointing out to a mate that he missed a loop when putting on his belt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-4755391024296289402007-07-24T00:10:00.000+00:002007-07-24T00:10:00.000+00:00Yes, one of the most disturbing things I find abou...Yes, one of the most disturbing things I find about the typical Chinese mindset is that there seems to be no differentiation between the country, the people, and the state/government. If you disparage Hu Jintao, you are taken to be insulting the whole 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture and every individual Chinese person alive.<BR/><BR/>That's quite a trick the CPC has pulled off there (through its control of the education system and the media, I suppose - although I suspect that the roots of this Chinese 'patriotism' are much older and deeper).<BR/><BR/>I used to think that America was the most fiercely patriotic country in the world - but you guys are really quite restrained compared to the Chinese.<BR/><BR/>I am usually very wary of being too 'offensive' in this blog, but.... I've had it in mind for a while to write a post (or <I>a whole series</I>) of posts) on <B>Why Chinese food sucks</B>. I think the time may now have come; I feel in the need of a bit of a cathartic vent.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-13270112034201722152007-07-23T14:22:00.000+00:002007-07-23T14:22:00.000+00:00My sister asked me how I could go back for another...My sister asked me how I could go back for another year when all I do it criticize everything about it. And I told her it's more fun to complain about the things that drive you nuts, than to be nice. <BR/><BR/>My students were always shocked when they'd say something bad about America and I agreed with them. They always expected me to defend every little thing about it, to which I'd laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com