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Author Topic:   Prophecy: a pet peeve of mine
zephyr
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Message 1 of 23 (206538)
05-09-2005 4:08 PM


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
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Message 2 of 23 (206563)
05-09-2005 5:20 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by zephyr
05-09-2005 4:08 PM


You know, I can't recall when I have ever gotten those confused.

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zephyr
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Message 3 of 23 (206573)
05-09-2005 6:08 PM
Reply to: Message 2 by coffee_addict
05-09-2005 5:20 PM


...and we all salute you. Or at least I do

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jar
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Message 4 of 23 (206581)
05-09-2005 6:40 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by zephyr
05-09-2005 6:08 PM


It's all the fault of non-context-sensitive spell checkers. Or gays.

Aslan is not a Tame Lion

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mikehager
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Message 5 of 23 (206599)
05-09-2005 7:44 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by zephyr
05-09-2005 4:08 PM


Neener neener neener
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
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Message 6 of 23 (206605)
05-09-2005 8:03 PM
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05-09-2005 7:44 PM


Re: Neener neener neener
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
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Message 7 of 23 (206606)
05-09-2005 8:16 PM
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05-09-2005 8:03 PM


Re: Neener neener neener
That was what I was going for.

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zephyr
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Message 8 of 23 (206620)
05-09-2005 10:09 PM


Man, I totally prophescized taht this would happen. buncha smartass replize like yousual.

  
arachnophilia
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Message 9 of 23 (206643)
05-10-2005 12:53 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by zephyr
05-09-2005 4:08 PM


Jeff is a prophet
see brenna? told you so.

אָרַח

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Message 10 of 23 (206685)
05-10-2005 7:32 AM
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05-10-2005 12:53 AM


*sigh*

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zephyr
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Message 11 of 23 (206764)
05-10-2005 11:52 AM
Reply to: Message 9 by arachnophilia
05-10-2005 12:53 AM


...of course, in my case, "pedantic asshole" works just as well

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arachnophilia
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Message 12 of 23 (206962)
05-11-2005 6:48 AM
Reply to: Message 11 by zephyr
05-10-2005 11:52 AM


no no, this just confirms my suspicions...

אָרַח

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zephyr
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Message 13 of 23 (207061)
05-11-2005 10:15 AM
Reply to: Message 12 by arachnophilia
05-11-2005 6:48 AM


Hehe... well, I try to avoid publicizing it too much, but it's the Truth.

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arachnophilia
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Message 14 of 23 (207087)
05-11-2005 12:16 PM
Reply to: Message 13 by zephyr
05-11-2005 10:15 AM


no no i meant regarding me

אָרַח

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zephyr
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Message 15 of 23 (207105)
05-11-2005 1:12 PM
Reply to: Message 14 by arachnophilia
05-11-2005 12:16 PM


You too, huh? Are you a Jeff? Well, i guess there's room for more than one in the house.
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