tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450297.post113029375929362130..comments2023-10-06T12:28:53.197-04:00Comments on A Blog of Glup: Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450461820984140022noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450297.post-1130449269951796602005-10-27T17:41:00.000-04:002005-10-27T17:41:00.000-04:00Ah goody, now learn to pronounce it and I'm all se...Ah goody, now learn to pronounce it and I'm all set for insulting my unitmates, no?<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the annoying mood, but I've got reasons... and not the one you're thinking of!<BR/><BR/>and in my list of words I hate in English: predicament or however you spell that, for exactly that reason!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450297.post-1130410506173751662005-10-27T06:55:00.000-04:002005-10-27T06:55:00.000-04:00Chagrin is a noun. It's just also a verb. I thin...Chagrin is a noun. It's just also a verb. I think the verb is rarer, although the inflected form "chagrined" (as used above) doesn't seem unusual.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03450461820984140022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450297.post-1130400413861514332005-10-27T04:06:00.000-04:002005-10-27T04:06:00.000-04:00it's a word with potential, thoughWe use it as a n...it's a word with potential, though<BR/><BR/>We use it as a noun, thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450297.post-1130400308070047042005-10-27T04:05:00.000-04:002005-10-27T04:05:00.000-04:00Everything raises an eyebrow to the non-native spe...Everything raises an eyebrow to the non-native speaker seeking to improve... or something. I wouldn't even know how to pronounce the damn word, let alone be able to distinguish it, should someone actually say it to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450297.post-1130396207367418162005-10-27T02:56:00.000-04:002005-10-27T02:56:00.000-04:00I say chagrin all the time.And as a poor man's sub...I say chagrin all the time.<BR/><BR/>And as a poor man's substitute for "something wicked this way comes" I suggest a copy of "Wicked" and "the Iceman Cometh." At a glance, it could work. But that's probably two books rather than one to buy.notroberttownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00571186237381918668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450297.post-1130384038337929312005-10-26T23:33:00.000-04:002005-10-26T23:33:00.000-04:00I've never thought of it as so rare that its rarit...I've never thought of it as so rare that its rarity is worth commenting on, but this is simply my very subjective impression. I wouldn't think it would raise eyebrows.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03450461820984140022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450297.post-1130358196965230252005-10-26T16:23:00.000-04:002005-10-26T16:23:00.000-04:00"chagrin"Is that word ever used or is it just in t..."chagrin"<BR/><BR/>Is that word ever used or is it just in the dictionary for people like me writing their thesis and wanting to impress their American supervisor, showing off how well the command of english as a foreign language is?<BR/><BR/>Reason for asking; it looks a lot like a Dutch word indicating someone extremely grumpyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com