"en masse" vs "in mass"

[EarthwormJim]

Originally posted by: Aikouka
"En masse" is French for "in mass."

English would use the indefinite article a, so, "in a mass."

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: cubeless
isn't that where everyone went to see the pope this morning?

they were in mass en masse...

Originally posted by: sirjonk
Boston can be a fun place to visit, but I'd rather spend my summers in Penn than in Mass.

I love you guys.

 

[gamepad]

Depends on the context...

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist
the one that bugs the hell out of me is when people type persay instead of per se.

Persay is dumb. They should say Persei and pretend to be astronomers when called on it.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: gamepad
Depends on the context...

Even the use of Depends depends on the context. Now go change yours, they're starting to reek.

 

[imported_Imp]

"in mass" doesn't make any sense...

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: waffleironhead

Originally posted by: Cristatus

Originally posted by: Special K
I hate it when people say it was a "mute point" or it "peaked/peeked their interest".

isn't that the same pronounciation anyways? piqued?

Hes going to claim super ears that can actually hear the difference.

Although he did use the word "say", he might have been referring to a line in an email?

Originally posted by: Imp
"in mass" doesn't make any sense...

It's a synonym for "en masse", so I'd have to say that it DOES make sense. However, "en masse" is more correct due to tradition.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: waffleironhead

Originally posted by: Cristatus

Originally posted by: Special K
I hate it when people say it was a "mute point" or it "peaked/peeked their interest".

isn't that the same pronounciation anyways? piqued?

Hes going to claim super ears that can actually hear the difference.

What are you talking about? It's pronounced "pea-kw-ed."

Philistines. :roll:

 

[Chryso]

en masse means a lot of something at once
in mass means during church

 

[TwiceOver]

Originally posted by: Chryso
en masse means a lot of something at once
in mass means during church

"Homerboy likes the cock en masse" works both ways then.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Posting this on my cell phone while at church, I'm in mass right now.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim
English would use the indefinite article a, so, "in a mass."

Wouldn't you need the article in the French too? Such as "une masse?"

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: TwiceOver

Originally posted by: Chryso
en masse means a lot of something at once
in mass means during church

"Homerboy likes the cock en masse" works both ways then.

yeah, if he was an altar boy the other way would work perfectly

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: Kadarin

Originally posted by: rikadik
I could care less.

I could agree more.

irregardless, it's a doggy dog world out there.

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist
the one that bugs the hell out of me is when people type persay instead of per se. or ect instead of etc. its short for et cetera, why would the c be first?

holyfuckshit me too. moreover, one of my coworkers who say this doesnt even know what it means!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: daveymark

Originally posted by: Kadarin

Originally posted by: rikadik
I could care less.

I could agree more.

irregardless, it's a doggy dog world out there.

..for all intensive purposes

 

[GoatMonkey]

The original question makes no sense. It depends on context. You could say "A lot of people die in mass suicides." That doesn't really make sense as "A lot of people die en masse suicides".

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: GoatMonkey
The original question makes no sense. It depends on context. You could say "A lot of people die in mass suicides." That doesn't really make sense as "A lot of people die en masse suicides".

yet everyone else was able to figure out the context.

 

[GoatMonkey]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: GoatMonkey
The original question makes no sense. It depends on context. You could say "A lot of people die in mass suicides." That doesn't really make sense as "A lot of people die en masse suicides".

yet everyone else was able to figure out the context.

They're making a lot of assumptions.

Which is right: there, their, or they're? VOTE!

Which is right: here or hear? VOTE!

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I see you en masse in mass and take your meaning en passant.

 

[Saint Michael]

They do not mean the same thing. "In mass" is "en masse" translated literally, but "en masse" is French idiom, not English idiom. Therefore the literal translation does not work.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: Saint Michael
They do not mean the same thing. "In mass" is "en masse" translated literally, but "en masse" is French idiom, not English idiom. Therefore the literal translation does not work.

Thanks cap'n!

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: waffleironhead

Originally posted by: Cristatus

Originally posted by: Special K
I hate it when people say it was a "mute point" or it "peaked/peeked their interest".

isn't that the same pronounciation anyways? piqued?

Hes going to claim super ears that can actually hear the difference.

Although he did use the word "say", he might have been referring to a line in an email?

Yeah sorry, I really meant "use" the word, as in an email or message board post.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist
the one that bugs the hell out of me is when people type persay instead of per se. or ect instead of etc. its short for et cetera, why would the c be first?

How about the people that pronounce it "excedra?"

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: GoatMonkey

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: GoatMonkey
The original question makes no sense. It depends on context. You could say "A lot of people die in mass suicides." That doesn't really make sense as "A lot of people die en masse suicides".

yet everyone else was able to figure out the context.

They're making a lot of assumptions.

Which is right: there, their, or they're? VOTE!

Which is right: here or hear? VOTE!

All the correct assumputions apparently too.