If you're not French, stop using the word "sans" in place of "without".

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: anxi80
since we are airing out verbal frustations... i hate when people say 'cha cha cha' after every line during the 'happy birthday' song. there's always that one person in the crowd who does it. it wasnt funny the first time, so people are not all of a sudden going to find it hilarious after the 50th time.

oh my, cha cha cha?

damn I wouldve slapped that person silly!

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: anxi80
since we are airing out verbal frustations... i hate when people say 'cha cha cha' after every line during the 'happy birthday' song. there's always that one person in the crowd who does it. it wasnt funny the first time, so people are not all of a sudden going to find it hilarious after the 50th time.

I never heard anyone do that in my life!

 

[Pliablemoose]

It's French from Latin, you dork...

Definition:

\Sans\ (s[aum]n; E. s[a^]nz), prep. [F., from L. sine
without.]
Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English
word.

Your wife writing you notes in medical shorthand again?

I do it all the time, & it really freaks people out. I do it less since charting is computer based, but when we wrote everything out longhand, I used every abbreviation I could.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
It's French from Latin, you dork...

Definition:

\Sans\ (s[aum]n; E. s[a^]nz), prep. [F., from L. sine
without.]
Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English
word.

Your wife writing you notes in medical shorthand again?

I do it all the time, & it really freaks people out. I do it less since charting is computer based, but when we wrote everything out longhand, I used every abbreviation I could.

Many words are derived from Latin, but all your quote does is underscore my original complaint. It's not English.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: Yossarian
I never heard anyone do that in my life!

ive witnessed it a couple times. annoying to no end.

 

[Fritzo]

Yeah! Knock it off!! Using "sans" is a major faux pas!!!

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Yeah! Knock it off!! Using "sans" is a major faux pas!!!

Ah, touche.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Dopefiend

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Yeah! Knock it off!! Using "sans" is a major faux pas!!!

Ah, touche.

Actually that doesn't bother me, because I can't see that English has an efficient term for the same thing.

 

[Giscardo]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
So, what you are saying is that you wish for me to stop speaking sans "sans"?


: ) Amanda

So, what you are saying is that you have poor logical reasoning abilities?

 

[jjones]

Have a sans :beer:

 

[DaveSimmons]

:music:
The halloween jack is a real cool cat
And he lives on top of manhattan chase
The elevator?s broke, so he slides down a rope
Onto the street below, oh tarzie, go man go

Meet his little hussy with his ghost town approach
Her face is sans feature, but she wears a dali brooch
Sweetly reminiscent, something mother used to bake
Wrecked up and paralyzed, diamond dogs are sableized

(will they come? )
I?ll keep a friend serene
(will they come? )
Oh baby, come unto me
(will they come? )
Well, she?s come, been and gone.
Come out of the garden, baby
You?ll catch your death in the fog
Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs
Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs
:music:

Don't be hatin' on Bowie, man!

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: Giscardo

Originally posted by: ohtwell
So, what you are saying is that you wish for me to stop speaking sans "sans"?


: ) Amanda

So, what you are saying is that you have poor logical reasoning abilities?

I said it wrong. It was supposed to be a joke though. Thanks for pointing it out in such a sweet way! :roll:


: ) Amanda