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Old 6 April 2011, 02:45 AM   #1
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"Deployant" vs "Deployment": Should I correct them?

A very good friend on mine always calls a deployant clasp a "deployment"? In email conversations I tend to correct the mistake indirectly in my responses in hopes that he figures it out and I used to in conversation but nowadays I just give in and just call it "deployment" so he doesn't feel bad. Are they interchangeable or is one more correct than the other?
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Old 6 April 2011, 02:51 AM   #2
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I can't answer that with any authority, but I had a mate who always called the Pacific the Specific Ocean! It cracked me up but I never had the heart to say anything!
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Old 6 April 2011, 02:52 AM   #3
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If English is your first language.....please try & use the correct term...
we shouldn't be embarrassed to be intelligent & use the correct term in your language.....the dumbing down of society........it pisses me off to no end. Bah humbug.


tell your friend this:


deployment: the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work.

deployant: hinged metal clasp on a watch strap or bracelet which is opened so you
can put the watch on your wrist.
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Old 6 April 2011, 02:54 AM   #4
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A very good friend on mine always calls a deployant clasp a "deployment"? In email conversations I tend to correct the mistake indirectly in my responses in hopes that he figures it out and I used to in conversation but nowadays I just give in and just call it "deployment" so he doesn't feel bad. Are they interchangeable or is one more correct than the other?
dont give in . call it what it is.
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Old 6 April 2011, 03:01 AM   #5
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I like your email strategy. Use the correct term yourself and give up on correcting your friend. He hasn't gotten it and has no interest in getting it, so let it be. We all have friends who use words we don't, whether flat out wrong or just inappropriate.

Etymologically, they're actually only a hair's breadth apart. They both are derived from the same root verb with the same root meaning.
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Old 6 April 2011, 03:06 AM   #6
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Yes, correct him.
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Old 6 April 2011, 03:08 AM   #7
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Correct him...as you would if he said "irregardless"
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Old 6 April 2011, 03:15 AM   #8
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Correct him...as you would if he said "irregardless"

Then I hope everyone is prepared to stop saying "the dealer looked at my wife and I like we were nuts" and "If you asked my brother and I, we'd definitely go to Cabo" and "you should have called Tim and I" and all the other examples of "I" instead of "me" that are in everyday speech but totally wrong.

It's a slippery slope toward being tiresome.
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Old 6 April 2011, 03:21 AM   #9
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You could just consider using the correct term and see if he doesn't just follow your lead.

It seems a little too trivial a matter to make a point of correcting him.
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Old 6 April 2011, 03:26 AM   #10
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What? It's not a deployment buckle? Oh poo. Irregardless, I think the word works for all intensive purposes.
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Old 6 April 2011, 03:45 AM   #11
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I honestly did not know the correct term either.
Thank you for informing us, it is always good to learn something new.

Now, since we are on the subject of language...
How about a qualified lesson in the proper use of your vs. you're, and there vs. their?
Thanks to all teachers out there.
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Old 6 April 2011, 04:02 AM   #12
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I honestly did not know the correct term either.
Thank you for informing us, it is always good to learn something new.

Now, since we are on the subject of language...
How about a qualified lesson in the proper use of your vs. you're, and there vs. their?
Thanks to all teachers out there.

Your: Is that your Rolex? Your Rolex is very sharp.
You're: You're going to buy another Rolex? You're a real watch afficionado.

There: There is the Rolex AD. There is a new expl.2 on the way.
Their: Their prices for Rolex watches are too high. Their Rolex is a fake.
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Old 6 April 2011, 04:09 AM   #13
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yep. .a "gentle" correction is in order.
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A very good friend on mine always calls a deployant clasp a "deployment"? In email conversations I tend to correct the mistake indirectly in my responses in hopes that he figures it out and I used to in conversation but nowadays I just give in and just call it "deployment" so he doesn't feel bad. Are they interchangeable or is one more correct than the other?
There is nothing wrong with correcting someone if done politely. I used to say deployment, until someone corrected me. I mean if you never type it and people talk fast you can understand why they might think it was deployment.
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Old 6 April 2011, 04:18 AM   #15
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I also always thought it was "deployment". Thanks.
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Old 6 April 2011, 04:22 AM   #16
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Old 6 April 2011, 04:37 AM   #17
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I like that you folks gave some pacific examples. Personally I had no idea what deployant even meant.
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A very good friend on mine always calls a deployant clasp a "deployment"? In email conversations I tend to correct the mistake indirectly in my responses in hopes that he figures it out and I used to in conversation but nowadays I just give in and just call it "deployment" so he doesn't feel bad. Are they interchangeable or is one more correct than the other?
I think you should correct him, because he probably thinks you're the one who's always saying it wrong.
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i say you can correct him once ... or twice at most ... if he doesn't adjust dont even bother anymore
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Your you're.
There they're.
Lose loose.

Eck-cetera eck-cetera.
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I like that you folks gave some pacific examples. Personally I had no idea what deployant even meant.
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Old 6 April 2011, 06:58 AM   #24
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I can't answer that with any authority, but I had a mate who always called the Pacific the Specific Ocean! It cracked me up but I never had the heart to say anything!
A common mistake in the UK...pacifically used instead of specifically.
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A common mistake in the UK...pacifically used instead of specifically.
I'm in the UK but Malcolm wast the only guy I've ever noticed do it...

I'll keep my ears open for others now!
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I one met a guy in Paris, TX who thought olives are stuffed with pepimentos...
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I one met a guy in Paris, TX who thought olives are stuffed with pepimentos...
I two met him.
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I one met a guy in Paris, TX who thought olives are stuffed with pepimentos...
Those would be the wintogreen olives?
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On a related theme: I really cringe every time watch fans say a particular watch, or a feature of a watch, makes it eaither "very unique", or "more unique".
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On a related theme: I really cringe every time watch fans say a particular watch, or a feature of a watch, makes it eaither "very unique", or "more unique".
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