Robuster
Dene Bebbington
latter doesn't sound right even though it's a valid word.
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Dene Bebbington
"Miller, still with a stake in the old socialist faith surveys
the immediate scene against the distant vision of the just
city, and his indignation stems from the assumption that
men could act better than they do" - Irving Wardle
N.Mitchum
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> What is likely to be the most common usage: "more robust" or "robuster"? The
> latter doesn't sound right even though it's a valid word.
"More robust" would be the usual choice, but the rythm and balance
of the sentence may call for "robuster."
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ref
> What is likely to be the most common usage: "more robust" or "robuster"? The
> latter doesn't sound right even though it's a valid word.
In the U.S. of A. "more robust" is, I think it is fair to say, the more
common usage.
Robert Lieblich
But you should NEVER say "robuster" to a canoer.
Joe Manfre
>On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Dene Bebbington wrote:
>
>> What is likely to be the most common usage: "more robust" or "robuster"?
>> The latter doesn't sound right even though it's a valid word.
The "robuster" is whichever contestant wins the match on "Battlebots".
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA *snort*
(Why in the hell is that asinine, non-funny show on *Comedy* Central
anyway?)
>In the U.S. of A. "more robust" is, I think it is fair to say, the more
>common usage.
North Americans seem noticeably reluctanter than other English speakers
to intensify adjectives with "-er", wouldn't you say?
JM
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Joe Manfre, Hyattsville, Maryland.
satchi
Joe Manfre
>Robert Lieblich wrote:
>> But you should NEVER say "robuster" to a canoer.
>
>Or a caviar seller!
Have you seen the sexy gynoid in her robustier?
>You broka my Beluga.
I tawt I taw 'twas malassol.
Robert E. Lewis
Joe Manfre <man...@flash.net> wrote in message
news:Xns906B62178...@130.133.1.4...
> ref (rfon...@wesleyan.edu) wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Dene Bebbington wrote:
> >
> >> What is likely to be the most common usage: "more robust" or
"robuster"?
> >> The latter doesn't sound right even though it's a valid word.
>
> The "robuster" is whichever contestant wins the match on "Battlebots".
> HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA *snort*
>
> (Why in the hell is that asinine, non-funny show on *Comedy* Central
> anyway?)
It was either that, or re-run "Ferris Beuller's Day Off" an additional
fifty-two times during the year.
> >In the U.S. of A. "more robust" is, I think it is fair to say, the more
> >common usage.
>
> North Americans seem noticeably reluctanter than other English speakers
> to intensify adjectives with "-er", wouldn't you say?
Would "more asisnine" be "asininer" or "butter"? I'm getting depresseder
just thinking about it.
N.Mitchum
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> > "More robust" would be the usual choice, but the rythm and balance
> > of the sentence may call for "robuster."
>
> But you should NEVER say "robuster" to a canoer.
Are they so sensitive? Okay, I'll never say it to one of them --
I'd hate to cause a row.
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