Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Originally posted by: Perknose
Silly semi-literate untermenschen, "secretes" doesn't
specifically mean what you might assume it does:
se·crete 2 (s-krt)
tr.v. se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing, se·cret·es
1. To conceal in a hiding place
. . . As in
any hiding place, such as the inner pocket of one's black leather Gestapo coat.
True, but the primary definition is still to form and give off as in a secretion. Like my mother always said, if you start secreting iron crosses, you should probably skip the doctor and go straight for the priest.
If YOU
only know the primary definition of any English word, then your education date-raped you and posted the pics on-line.
IOW, you cannot call yourself fluent in English.
First off, whether or not I knew the secondary definition of secretes is irrelevant, as my interpretation of it was based on finding humor in what you wrote, and the idea of someone secreting iron crosses from any orifice or pore on their body is inherently amusing (and disturbing). In point of fact I do know the word secretes as you used it, though I will profess that I had incorrectly assumed it was spelled secrets in that particular conjugation (my own ignorance, as you correctly point out).
However, to equate incorrectly assuming one form of a homonym when the other was intended in written speech as being equivalent to not being fluent... well that's just completely fucking nuts. But I like it; from now on, I'm declaring that no one may claim fluency in a language lest they know the proper spelling and conjugation of every single word in said language.
I'm now fluent in exactly zero languages. Booyah.
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