Re: Destination -- another word in danger of being skunked?

[Anton Shepelev]

Steve Hayes:

> I recently saw an article headed "Places, and destinations
> along the way", which struck me as pretty weird.

The comma is weird indeed.

> You can pass though places on your way to a desination,
> but you cannot pass through desinations on your way to a
> place. The desination is where you end up, at the end of
> jour journey.

This usage can be defended, if half-heartedly, by observing
that one may choose to visit certain places and make certain
entertaining detours, on an otherwise joyless trip, each
detour ending in a destination -- the ruins of a church[1],
a small-town museum, &c.
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1. e.g. Geocaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j3qAWZD_m0

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[Mark Brader]

Steve Hayes:

> You can pass though places on your way to a desination, but you cannot
> pass through desinations on your way to a place. The desination is
> where you end up, at the end of jour journey.

No, you are confusing "destination" with "final destination".
--
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Toronto | most of my life waiting for a chance to
m...@vex.net | say that.) --Michael Wares

[Mark Brader]

Steve Hayes:
> > I recently saw an article headed "Places, and destinations
> > along the way", which struck me as pretty weird.

Anton Shepelev:

> The comma is weird indeed.

No, that's the easy part: it clarifies the intended grouping.
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m...@vex.net | not a *terrific* one!" --Maxwell Smart (Agent 86)

My text in this article is in the public domain.

[Bertel Lund Hansen]

Den 18.03.2023 kl. 06.06 skrev Steve Hayes:

> I recently saw an article headed "Places, and destinations along the
> way", which struck me as pretty weird.
>

> You can pass though places on your way to a desination, but you cannot
> pass through desinations on your way to a place. The desination is
> where you end up, at the end of jour journey.

"Destination" is correct in the first sentence, but spellt "desination"
three times in the next section. Did you copy-paste?

--
Bertel, Denmark

[TonyCooper]

On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 19:20:28 +0000, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:

>Steve Hayes:
>> You can pass though places on your way to a desination, but you cannot
>> pass through desinations on your way to a place. The desination is
>> where you end up, at the end of jour journey.
>
>No, you are confusing "destination" with "final destination".

Yes, if I have three errands to run with something to do at each
location, each location is a destination. I guess returning home is
the final destination.

--

Tony Cooper - Orlando,Florida

[Sam Plusnet]

Arguably, we all have the same Final Destination.

--
Sam Plusnet

[Bertel Lund Hansen]

Den 18.03.2023 kl. 22.12 skrev Sam Plusnet:

>> Yes, if I have three errands to run with something to do at each
>> location, each location is a destination.  I guess returning home is
>> the final destination.
>
> Arguably, we all have the same Final Destination.

Some people would say that there are two quite different Final Destinations.

--
Bertel, Denmark

[Sam Plusnet]

Could one Limbo under the Gate? To get to a preferred destination?

Sitting around on clouds... It doesn't sound like much fun to me.

--
Sam Plusnet

[lar3ryca]

Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
- Mark Twain

--
Greek cows say "μ"

[Peter Moylan]

Yes, but in Hell you don't get free harp lessons.

In Heinlein's book /Job/, the hero chooses to be thrown from Heaven down
to Hell so that he can search for his girlfriend. He is caught in a net
before he hits the flames, and then he discovers that Hell is quite a
pleasant place

--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org

[Dingbat]

On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 5:02:56 AM UTC-7, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> Steve Hayes:
>
> > I recently saw an article headed "Places, and destinations
> > along the way", which struck me as pretty weird.
>
> The comma is weird indeed.
>
> > You can pass though places on your way to a desination,
> > but you cannot pass through desinations on your way to a
> > place. The desination is where you end up, at the end of
> > jour journey.
>
> This usage can be defended, if half-heartedly, by observing
> that one may choose to visit certain places and make certain
> entertaining detours, on an otherwise joyless trip, each
> detour ending in a destination -- the ruins of a church[1],
> a small-town museum, &c.
>

One could contrive that as per this dictionary meaning:
denoting a place that people will make a special trip to visit
<https://www.google.com/search?q=destination+meaning>

... but I'd call your examples sights.
A destination would be a place where one sojourns in order
to take in such sights and/or engage in activites of interest.

For example, Luxor has many sights and many activities, as
these search results show:

17 Top-Rated Things to Do in Luxor | PlanetWare
30 BEST Places to Visit in Luxor - Tripadvisor
<https://www.google.com/search?q=luxor+sights>

[occam]

... and Purgatory for the Catholics.
- occam

[Bertel Lund Hansen]

Den 19.03.2023 kl. 02.21 skrev Sam Plusnet:

>>> Arguably, we all have the same Final Destination.
>>
>> Some people would say that there are two quite different Final
>> Destinations.
>
> Could one Limbo under the Gate?  To get to a preferred destination?
>
> Sitting around on clouds...  It doesn't sound like much fun to me.

No, and to think of all the out-of-tune plunking going on ...

--
Bertel, Denmark

[Janet]

In article <5hha1ili6la2ikf79...@4ax.com>,
haye...@telkomsa.net says...

>
> I recently saw an article headed "Places, and destinations along the
> way", which struck me as pretty weird.
>

> You can pass though places on your way to a desination, but you cannot
> pass through desinations on your way to a place. The desination is
> where you end up, at the end of jour journey.

Someone turned off at a tangent ?

Janet

[J. J. Lodder]

A sine quo non for seeing straight,

Jan

[Peter T. Daniels]

On Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 3:15:13 AM UTC-4, Dingbat wrote:
> On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 5:02:56 AM UTC-7, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> > Steve Hayes:

> > > I recently saw an article headed "Places, and destinations
> > > along the way", which struck me as pretty weird.
> > The comma is weird indeed.
> > > You can pass though places on your way to a desination,
> > > but you cannot pass through desinations on your way to a
> > > place. The desination is where you end up, at the end of
> > > jour journey.
> > This usage can be defended, if half-heartedly, by observing
> > that one may choose to visit certain places and make certain
> > entertaining detours, on an otherwise joyless trip, each
> > detour ending in a destination -- the ruins of a church[1],
> > a small-town museum, &c.
>
> One could contrive that as per this dictionary meaning:
> denoting a place that people will make a special trip to visit
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=destination+meaning>
>
> ... but I'd call your examples sights.
> A destination would be a place where one sojourns in order
> to take in such sights and/or engage in activites of interest.

There's the expression "destination wedding."

[J. J. Lodder]

Steve Hayes <haye...@telkomsa.net> wrote:

> I recently saw an article headed "Places, and destinations along the
> way", which struck me as pretty weird.
>

> You can pass though places on your way to a desination, but you cannot
> pass through desinations on your way to a place. The desination is
> where you end up, at the end of jour journey.

What do you think Paul Simon was doing?

Jan

--
"I'm sittin' in the railway station
Got a ticket to my destination
On a tour of one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band"

[Dingbat]

How would you word the following question?

Which Are The Best Destination Wedding Locations In India?
https://www.wedmegood.com/destination-wedding

How about this wording?
Which are the best wedding destinations in India?

[TonyCooper]

On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:15:26 -0700 (PDT), Dingbat
<ranjit_...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 6:08:24?AM UTC-7, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>> On Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 3:15:13?AM UTC-4, Dingbat wrote:

"Destination wedding" has become (in the US) a set phrase meaning a
wedding held in some place that is not local to the couple or to where
either grew up.

Your original wording is correct.

[Sam Plusnet]

On 19-Mar-23 4:30, Peter Moylan wrote:
> On 19/03/23 15:13, lar3ryca wrote:
>> On 2023-03-18 19:21, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>> On 18-Mar-23 22:10, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote:
>>>> Den 18.03.2023 kl. 22.12 skrev Sam Plusnet:
>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, if I have three errands to run with something to do at
>>>>>> each location, each location is a destination.  I guess
>>>>>> returning home is the final destination.
>>>>>
>>>>> Arguably, we all have the same Final Destination.
>>>>
>>>> Some people would say that there are two quite different Final
>>>> Destinations.
>>>
>>> Could one Limbo under the Gate?  To get to a preferred
>>> destination?
>>>
>>> Sitting around on clouds...  It doesn't sound like much fun to me.
>>
>> Heaven  for the climate, Hell for the company. - Mark Twain
>
> Yes, but in Hell you don't get free harp lessons.

I wonder if harpists get priority boarding and early acceptance?

Someone has to give those harp lessons.

--
Sam Plusnet

[charles]

In article <dKIRL.174162$%ng4....@fx09.ams1>,

as a harpist, I'm sure we do.

> Someone has to give those harp lessons.

yes

> --

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[J. J. Lodder]

He didn't know about the others there yet,

Jan

[Peter Duncanson [BrE]]

On Sat, 18 Mar 2023 07:06:52 +0200, Steve Hayes <haye...@telkomsa.net>
wrote:

>I recently saw an article headed "Places, and destinations along the
>way", which struck me as pretty weird.
>

>You can pass though places on your way to a desination, but you cannot
>pass through desinations on your way to a place. The desination is
>where you end up, at the end of jour journey.

I've looked at a few websites using the phrase quoted above.
They seem to be about tourism. The context suggests to me that a
"destination" is somewhere a tourist will spend the night or nights
whereas a "place" is somewhere that will be visited during the day.


--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.english.usage)

[Sam Plusnet]

On 19-Mar-23 19:21, charles wrote:
> In article <dKIRL.174162$%ng4....@fx09.ams1>,
> Sam Plusnet <n...@home.com> wrote:
>> On 19-Mar-23 4:30, Peter Moylan wrote:

>>> Yes, but in Hell you don't get free harp lessons.
>
>> I wonder if harpists get priority boarding and early acceptance?
>
> as a harpist, I'm sure we do.

Evidently, harpists are optimistic pluckers.

--
Sam Plusnet

[TonyCooper]

My "Bitch in the Box" does not agree with you. When I ask it to give
me directions to some location, when I get there it says "Your
destination is on the left (or right)". Unless it's a hotel, I don't
spend the night there.

[Peter T. Daniels]

It's the end of the line of the directions you asked for.

(Words can be used in more than one way.)

Michelin may have popularized the sense that bothers Steve.

[Snidely]

Remember when Bertel Lund Hansen bragged outrageously? That was
Saturday:

The multi-player online and the single-player offline modes?

/dps "And where do the Zerg come from?"

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