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#1 2024-09-19 04:41:35

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1258

'nigh sayers' for 'naysayers'

Aye, nigh, nay and yea are nigh obsolete in general speech, but several continue to thrive within some dialects. Oh aye. I’ve heard ‘naysayers’ pronounced as if it were ‘nigh-sighers’ and there seems ample grounds for re/mis-interpretation, probably featuring some Jeremiah clad in doomsday sandwich-boards.

Allow color change and the nigh sayers will go away lol. cant wait to see some of your other ideas!

But to all the nigh sayers I will respond with “No bullshit about, sit back and listen”.

Although I agree with all of the nigh-sayers about why the Picktons should not trade for Siakam, I will offer why maybe they should at least …

Numbers don’t lie and the nigh-sayers out number you on this forum.


Roll up them sleeves, tell the nigh-sayers to kick rocks and go build your dream…you’re the only person holding you back so TAKE THAT JUMP!

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#2 2024-09-19 09:55:55

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2870

Re: 'nigh sayers' for 'naysayers'

Those who write it “neigh sayers” have backed the wrong horse.


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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#3 2024-09-19 11:51:30

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1258

Re: 'nigh sayers' for 'naysayers'

Even if they’re in a stable relationship?

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#4 2024-09-20 10:57:13

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2748
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Re: 'nigh sayers' for 'naysayers'

It is hard to maintain my equinimity when you guys make such asinine dad jokes. (I like the image of the “Get-ready Man” sandwiched between his message boards: “The Nigh’ is Far Gone”—or maybe it’s “Weep for the Nigh’ is Coming”—and “The End is Nigh!”)

Last edited by DavidTuggy (2024-09-20 11:42:25)


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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