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| Stocking:
--- Quote from: Doomonkey on November 05, 2011, 01:21:20 PM ---So you're trying to say the words because and 'cause are too complex. --- End quote --- You're arguing semantics to formulate a strawman rebuttal; you're wasting time. --- Quote from: Doomonkey on November 05, 2011, 01:21:20 PM ---Also, by making the word 'because' smaller you actually make it more complex because in order to understand it's origins and meaning you must also know the meaning of because. Where before knowledge of one word would suffice, you've turned it into two. --- End quote --- Hence the meaning of "cuz" to be understood immediately by anyone with a smidgen of intelligence, making the full word completely arbitrary in this context. |
| Nymethus:
--- Quote from: Sheath on November 04, 2011, 06:20:17 PM ---Don't you ever get bored of drama, Ike? User was banned for this post --- End quote --- |
| Doomonkey:
--- Quote from: Stocking on November 05, 2011, 01:24:10 PM ---Hence the meaning of "cuz" to be understood immediately by anyone with a smidgen of intelligence, making the full word completely arbitrary in this context. --- End quote --- The meaning of the words "because" and "'cause" can easily be connected to their use as "the cause being." In contrast, the word "cuz" could be difficult to relate to its meaning without knowledge of its etymology. Because of the fact that the word "cuz" needs "because" in order to be effective it is redundant. It also saves minimal time and can be confusing to English language learners. |
| Lørd Tøny:
--- Quote from: Doomonkey on November 05, 2011, 01:30:27 PM ---It also saves minimal time --- End quote --- In reality it may cause more time trying to explain it like right now. |
| Stocking:
--- Quote from: Doomonkey on November 05, 2011, 01:30:27 PM ---The meaning of the words "because" and "'cause" can easily be connected to their use as "the cause being." In contrast, the word "cuz" could be difficult to relate to its meaning without knowledge of its etymology. Because of the fact that the word "cuz" needs "because" in order to be effective it is redundant. It also saves minimal time and can be confusing to English language learners. --- End quote --- Except "cuz" is used everywhere in the world where English is the native language, and it's one of the first colloquialisms children learn to utilize. This is an English-speaking community, and as such, we don't write in strict prose or shy away from idioms so that Furling can understand us. |
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