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( prodigy69 Fuck you, I won't buy what you tell me!, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:34, archived)

aw look at his lickle face
is that JJ in an alternate universe?

sorry JJ
( Aphex The Mink glasjay.blogspot.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:34, archived)

I would like to propose that it is in fact
'alternative universe'.

The definition of alternate, to my mind, doesn't properly describe what people meant when they say 'alternate universe'.
It seems to be an Americanism to say alternate when you in fact mean alternative.

Thank you.
( wheelybird Paul's out of toilet paper - send donations, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:48, archived)

Like aluminum when you mean aluminium?

( Joe Scaramanga The bitch hit me with a toaster, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:52, archived)

or color
when you mean colour?


wait...that one doesn't work
( Aphex The Mink glasjay.blogspot.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:54, archived)

Similar,
but not quite. Those two words represent the same concept. Alternate and alternative represent different concepts.
( wheelybird Paul's out of toilet paper - send donations, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:54, archived)

i would suggest that it's idiomatic
it was probably a phrase coined by an american sci-fi author that stuck
( mictoboy, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:53, archived)

I believe so.
Probably one of those awful ones like Ron Hubbard.
I just wince whenever I hear it. It grates. :/

edit: actually, thinking of it, it's not just the idiomatic phrase 'alternate universe'. I recall hearing our trans-Atlantic cousins use 'alternate' to mean 'alternative' in general usage quite a bit. :(

For example: "Why shucks, here's a mighty fine rifle for hunting them Latinos. And hey, if that ain't doin' the job there's an alternate model here that'll blow the head off a Frenchie from a mile away. Hot damn!"
( wheelybird Paul's out of toilet paper - send donations, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:57, archived)

unusual of them to shorten something
usually it's prioritize this and departmentalize that.
( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:53, archived)

*mentalizes*

( pzyko is a whaler on the moon and carries a harpoon, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:54, archived)

putting the mental in fundamentalism

( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:56, archived)

and taking the "the" out of psychotherapist?

( pzyko is a whaler on the moon and carries a harpoon, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:58, archived)

pfft

( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:00, archived)

*burglarizes*

( The Alchemist knows not does he?, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:25, archived)

like instant and instantaneous
hmmm
( Debbilgrrrrl is kinda back, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:55, archived)

or
flammable and inflammable?


wait...that doesn't work either
( Aphex The Mink glasjay.blogspot.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:58, archived)

I'd say yes,
but I think 'alternate' is about as complicated a word as they can manage. ;)


*expounds racist anti-America views on public internet forum, thereby attracting the attention of the CIA and probably FBI too - they seem to think they police the world anyway*
( wheelybird Paul's out of toilet paper - send donations, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:01, archived)

durka! durka! allah jihad!
that should get their attention
( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:05, archived)

or maybe "momentarily" instead of "in a moment"
not quite the same, but "the plane will be taking off momentarily" doesn't quite mean the same as "will be taking off in a moment"
( The Alchemist knows not does he?, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:23, archived)

wistful
and looking a little like a young mark hamill
( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:35, archived)

haha :)

( prodigy69 Fuck you, I won't buy what you tell me!, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:43, archived)

haha!
bless his little furry socks...
( ivesb Assistant Clinical Physiologist extraordinary, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:36, archived)

Heh heh
You said "furry sock". Which could sound a bit rude.
( Tribs Stuck for gift ideas? www.quizzicaldinosaur.co.uk, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:38, archived)

*giggles*

( ivesb Assistant Clinical Physiologist extraordinary, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:39, archived)

you like underage squirrels!!
or something
( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:42, archived)

( Your watch is quickly ticking towards 5K, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:44, archived)

Oh dear...
...you've made me do an office lol!
(Sartori wishes everyone was nicer, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:46, archived)

"work internets have deemed this unseemly and so won't be showing it to you"
:(
( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:47, archived)

but it's called monkey
and is on the b3ta host :(
( Your watch is quickly ticking towards 5K, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:51, archived)

b3tahost is EVIL according to AMVBBDO web server
i can't see half the board
( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:55, archived)

TENTACLES!

( pzyko is a whaler on the moon and carries a harpoon, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 14:48, archived)

SOCRATES!
it amuses me to read words like they were greek. tenta-cleese
( monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 6 Sep 2007, 15:00, archived)