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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Saw this one in one of the YahooGroups I moderate. It was as follows: “I am guessing she isn’t one of those sorts that would be detoured from sexual activity. . .” The funny thing is that the meaning of detoured, which is of course a real word, is almost the same: ”# A deviation from a direct course of action.” . I am certain, however, that the writer intended it to mean “prohibited” rather than “deviated from”.
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Do you have some plans to work with? I am a bit deturd with ventalation, thermocoupelrs and the technical aspects. Can you help in any way?
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I was woried yud be deturd by the zimerman vurdicked but you soldered on.
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And please don’t be deturd from coming to our wonderful country on the words of what lunch box said
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And I found lots of examples of “deturd” as a synonym for “devein”, as in shrimp, which makes a lot of sense to me. “Devein” seems euphemistic, and I hate euphemism.
Anyhow, “deturd” for “deterred” seems eggcornish because the perp could be thinking of giving up because they’re in deep shit, getting a lot of crap, and feeling pretty shitty about it.
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Osiris7 wrote:
Saw this one in one of the YahooGroups I moderate. It was as follows: “I am guessing she isn’t one of those sorts that would be detoured from sexual activity. . .” The funny thing is that the meaning of detoured, which is of course a real word, is almost the same: ”# A deviation from a direct course of action.” . I am certain, however, that the writer intended it to mean “prohibited” rather than “deviated from”.
Surprisingly similar to the curve/kerb/curb mixup: do you stop the motion or curve it away from its intended path?
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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