Re: [www.keralites.net] a word in english

Dear Mr. Mathews,

I am afraid we are deviating from the main topic.

Personally, I feel language is just a tool to interact / communicate between individuals. The simpler you make it, the better. As long as the meaning is conveyed and understood, it should be OK.

Like the word "advance", there are any number of words in English which convey totally different meanings, depending on the context in which it is used. In fact, even "pre-pone" can be used to convey the meaning which the initiator of this discussion wanted to convey.

Of late, several words like "avtar" have come up; e.g: "create your own Avtar" etc. I don't think you will find the word in any dictionary. Another example would be the word 'Molycotling' to mean "pacifying". This was perhaps derived from the name of the paste "Molycot" which is used to free the threads in bolts etc., of large size, in particular. So, I feel we should not be puritans when we can convey in simple and oft-used words.

I hope Mr. Mathew will agree with me.

Warm regards.

Ananth

On 25 November 2010 13:46, Mathews43 <wpmathews43@yahoo.com> wrote:

Meaning of advance

1.  Cause to move forward   as in "We are advancing technology every day"

2.  Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense   as in "Time advances"

3.  Bring forward for consideration or acceptance  as in "advance an argument"

4.  Increase or raise as in "advance the voltage in an electrical circuit"

5.  Move forward as in  "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"

it is very clear that none of the sentences have the meaning "to bring back dated" or bring to a previous date or time..right?

From: Anand Chennai <harshan47@gmail.com>
To: Keralites@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Wednesday, 24 November, 2010 9:22:54 AM
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] a word in english

 

hi,

YOU CAN SAY "I WANT TO ADVANCE MY JOURNEY DATE FROM 10TH OF NOVEMBER TO 1ST NOVEMBER.
HOPE I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR...

REGDS

ANANTH

On 23 November 2010 19:20, Valsan KK <valsankk23@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Hai

 

How will you say when you want something to be done earlier than the date you have already decided

 

For example if you have booked a ticket for 10th of november and you want to change it for 1st of November

 ( .....There is no word called prepone in English Dictionary)

 

best regards

vals

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