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zephyr Member (Idle past 4540 days) Posts: 821 From: FOB Taji, Iraq Joined: |
All right, I'm going to put my anal-retentive editor's cap on and set everyone straight now. I'm tired of people arguing about prophets and prophecies and not knowing how to use the relevant lingo properly. I personally am not even interested in prophecy any more, and I know how to do this. I feel you should be required to know the basic terminology of a subject before you argue about it, and yet the misuses of terminology are as common as the proper usages (and, yes, that may be a shamelessly fabricated anecdotal statistic, but it is pretty close). I realize that not many of us have been properly instructed in this area, and learning by example has taught many of us the wrong way, so please do not take this personally - it's not intended that way. All the same, I am here to set the record straight. So, here it is:
Prophet: NOUN. One divinely inspired to share special knowledge or predictions with the human race.Ex: "Jeff is a prophet. I know because he told me so." Prophecy: NOUN, I repeat, NOUN. The last syllable is pronounced "SEE". Meaning: a piece or pieces of information, predictions, or other sayings uttered by a PROPHET. See above.Ex: "Jeff gave us a prophecy, saying 'such and such shall come to pass in some place, and things will be done to stuff by people.' And there was great rejoicing." Prophesy: VERB, I repeat, and I repeat again, VERB. The last syllable is pronounced "SIGH"! Meaning: to utter a prophecy or prophecies; to do what prophets do.Ex: "Jeff prophesied unspeakably horrific doom to all who failed to heed his grammatical doctrine." Prophesize, prophesise, prophecied, et cetera: ARE NOT REAL WORDS! THEY DO NOT EXIST! DO NOT USE THEM OR I WILL KICK YOUR EVER-LOVING @$$!!! I hope all of this is perfectly clear. Starting tomorrow, angels with flaming swords will be posted at the forum entrances, and there will be a test....
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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 467 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
You know, I can't recall when I have ever gotten those confused.
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zephyr Member (Idle past 4540 days) Posts: 821 From: FOB Taji, Iraq Joined: |
...and we all salute you. Or at least I do
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
It's all the fault of non-context-sensitive spell checkers. Or gays.
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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mikehager Member (Idle past 6457 days) Posts: 534 Joined: |
Prophesize, prophesise, prophecied Now, now... one of those three is a word. Prophesize, a verb meaning "To select the largest possible prophecy". As in, "I don't care for Ruth. I prefer to prophesize and read revelations."
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Is that like supersize as in, "Do you want to supersize that Whopper with Cheese?" and other such technical terms necessary for success in today's economy?
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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mikehager Member (Idle past 6457 days) Posts: 534 Joined: |
That was what I was going for.
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zephyr Member (Idle past 4540 days) Posts: 821 From: FOB Taji, Iraq Joined: |
Man, I totally prophescized taht this would happen. buncha smartass replize like yousual.
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arachnophilia Member (Idle past 1334 days) Posts: 9069 From: god's waiting room Joined: |
Jeff is a prophet see brenna? told you so.
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macaroniandcheese  Suspended Member (Idle past 3918 days) Posts: 4258 Joined: |
*sigh*
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zephyr Member (Idle past 4540 days) Posts: 821 From: FOB Taji, Iraq Joined: |
...of course, in my case, "pedantic asshole" works just as well
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arachnophilia Member (Idle past 1334 days) Posts: 9069 From: god's waiting room Joined: |
no no, this just confirms my suspicions...
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zephyr Member (Idle past 4540 days) Posts: 821 From: FOB Taji, Iraq Joined: |
Hehe... well, I try to avoid publicizing it too much, but it's the Truth.
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arachnophilia Member (Idle past 1334 days) Posts: 9069 From: god's waiting room Joined: |
no no i meant regarding me
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zephyr Member (Idle past 4540 days) Posts: 821 From: FOB Taji, Iraq Joined: |
You too, huh? Are you a Jeff? Well, i guess there's room for more than one in the house.
This message has been edited by zephyr, 05-11-2005 01:12 PM
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