The Russell conjugation (2020)

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Post by feltsense » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 7:25 AM UTC

The Russell conjugation (2020)
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Post by BMc2020 » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 7:31 AM UTC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotive_conjugation

Examples

Proper use of emotive conjugation provides words that are synonymous in their factual definitions, but different in their emotional connotation. While most examples are in triads, emotive conjugation can be used with a single subject.

Examples of emotive conjugation include:

I am sparkling; you are unusually talkative; he is drunk.

I know my own mind; you like things to be just so; they have to have everything their way.

I am a freedom fighter, you are a rebel, and he is a terrorist.

I am righteously indignant, you are annoyed, he is making a fuss over nothing.

I have reconsidered the matter, you have changed your mind, he has gone back on his word.

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Post by hirundo » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 2:06 PM UTC

I have principles, you have ideologies, they have dogma.

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Post by avgcorrection » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 2:24 PM UTC

The British government X, according to the BBC.

The Pakistani regime Y, according to Pakistani state media.

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Post by stblack » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 2:30 PM UTC

I personalize, you track across apps, they invade your privacy.

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Post by webnrrd2k » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 2:34 PM UTC

When the media wants to call someone a terrorist without explicitly saying it, they say that they live in a "compound" rather than a farm, ranch, or whatever else.

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Post by selimthegrim » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 3:13 PM UTC

avgcorrection wrote: post #4

The British government X, according to the BBC. The Pakistani regime Y, according to Pakistani state media.

Usually the joke for Pakistan state media is that they open the paragraph with “He [dictator du jour] said… (Unhon ne kaha…)”

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Post by selimthegrim » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 3:14 PM UTC

stblack wrote: post #5

I personalize, you track across apps, they invade your privacy.

The “irregular verbs” made famous on Yes, Minister.

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Post by setgree » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 3:37 PM UTC

selimthegrim wrote: post #8

stblack wrote: post #5

I personalize, you track across apps, they invade your privacy.

The “irregular verbs” made famous on Yes, Minister.

The original: “I give a confidential press briefing, you leak, he's being charged under Section 2(a) of the Official Secrets Act.”

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Post by twic » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 3:47 PM UTC

That's another of those irregular verbs, isn't it? I give confidential press briefings; you leak; he's being charged under section 2A of the Official Secrets Act.

-- Bernard Woolley, Yes, Minister