Bali Update Info

[frequent]

Now some new excitement. An earthquake hit Lombok and Bali overnight. Dozens dead in Lombok

[Nirish guy]

A tad insensitive there perhaps.......

[frequent]

A tad insensitive there perhaps.......

I've never been accused of being sensitive and had the accusation stick

[Nirish guy]

Your dozens dead currently stands at 82 people. I doubt very much though that the residents of Lombok or the relatives of the dead consider that as "excitement" for themselves tonight though somehow.

[frequent]

Your dozens dead currently stands at 82 people. I doubt very much though that the residents of Lombok or the relatives of the dead consider that as "excitement" for themselves tonight though somehow.

Nearly 7 dozen then. The survivors are probably too busy to read SGT right now though. If the Hawaii volcano eruption is anything to go by, there will soon be tourists going there specifically for the thrill of being close to a natural disaster

[frequent]

Your dozens dead currently stands at 82 people.

You raise an interesting question. When do dozens become scores, and scores become hundreds? I certainly wouldn't be using "dozens" for numbers greater than 100

[Nirish guy]

You raise an interesting question. When do dozens become scores, and scores become hundreds? I certainly wouldn't be using "dozens" for numbers greater than 100

Any time you want, as being three totally different descriptive words for their numbers of course there is no direct linkage other than a user choosing to use one ( the closest one that they feel fits what they're trying to describe) against the other. Dozens groups of 12, Scores groups or 20 or hundreds groups of .....well you get the idea - so "up t you" and just depends on whatever number or group of numbers that you want people to think about and or count using I guess. For 82 I'm guessing "scores" is correct.

[frequent]

Any time you want, as being three totally different descriptive words for their numbers of course there is no direct linkage other than a user choosing to use one ( the closest one that they feel fits what they're trying to describe) against the other. Dozens groups of 12, Scores groups or 20 or hundreds groups of .....well you get the idea - so "up t you" and just depends on whatever number or group of numbers that you want people to think about and or count using I guess. For 82 I'm guessing "scores" is correct.

Possibly our American friends, for whom English is a foreign language, would be more comfortable with scores rather than dozens. I gave up trying to explain the concept of "fortnight" when I was working there

[paborn]

Possibly our American friends, for whom English is a foreign language, would be more comfortable with scores rather than dozens. I gave up trying to explain the concept of "fortnight" when I was working there

Theere is no American concept of "fortnight" it is a word almost unknown in American English. Frankly, a linguist could tell you that England itslef has more English dialects and differing understanding of various terms and usages than any other English speaking nation. This is always true, even considering genetic differences. The place of origin always has more diversity than places where the thing under discussion ( language, genese, etc.) has spread to.

Why this always befuddle you befuddles me.

I now await your silly response. In deference to various PMs I have adopted a new form: I correct you and then ignore your, sadly, truculent and anti American ) often anti Aussie as well ) response

[Khor tose]

No, Americans do know what "fortnight" means. Just like many words that come from merry olde, we first have to spell the word correctly. Spelling the word correctly means we drop the unnecessary "Es", "Ts", etc. and then we can use the word as we see fit. For example, a Bonnet is a lady's hat not the hood of a car, and fortnite is an epic video game. What is the problem? Kidding aside, thanks to world wide communication, the American version of English is now more the norm. Norm or not, 1000 new words are added each year to English, so whose language is it anymore?