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On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:33:25 +0000, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:

On 2024-11-15 10:01:24 +0000, Hibou said:

Le 13/11/2024 |a 21:29, HenHanna a |-crit :

I'm seeing this usage of [Fail]-a (Noun)-a meaning "Failure"

-a-a-a-a-a Did it become common in the last few years? [...]

That sentence hurts my eyes quite a lot.

Has it become common in the last few years?

Yes, but I think that this use of "did" is much more common in the USA
than it is in the UK -- "Did you have lunch yet?" where I would say
"Have you had lunch yet?"

good point.

Have you eaten? --- sounds Old fashioned, and maybe British

Cf. the Old Woody-Allen movie (skit, Scene, Set-piece)

"Did you eat?" -- "Didjew eat?"



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In any case, the title of this thread seems to be a headline, and, as
we

know, headlinese has rules all of its own.


Re: Al Sharpton and MSNBC Caught in Major Journalism Ethics Fail in
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i thk ... this is a case of an Older person trying to sound
Mod.

like a Dad who tries to use Teenager-Slang.
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