Comments on: Sorry about that http://www.wisemandarine.com/sorry-about-that/ none the wiser Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:14:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/sorry-about-that/#comment-349 mandarine Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:27:58 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/sorry-about-that/#comment-349 Thank you -- I wish I had dictionaries as accurate as you are. Thank you — I wish I had dictionaries as accurate as you are.

]]> By: litlove http://www.wisemandarine.com/sorry-about-that/#comment-348 litlove Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:55:41 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/sorry-about-that/#comment-348 The first is easier. Fatal = causing death. Fateful = determined by the hand of fate, coincidental or loaded with meaning in some way. The other is more nuanced. Nonchalant is the more specific word, and means 'with an assumed indifference'. Casual is the broader term, meaning laid-back, not formal, easy-going, unimportant. Well, that was quite fun to do. Please do ask if there are others! The first is easier. Fatal = causing death. Fateful = determined by the hand of fate, coincidental or loaded with meaning in some way. The other is more nuanced. Nonchalant is the more specific word, and means ‘with an assumed indifference’. Casual is the broader term, meaning laid-back, not formal, easy-going, unimportant. Well, that was quite fun to do. Please do ask if there are others!

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/sorry-about-that/#comment-347 mandarine Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:55:17 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/sorry-about-that/#comment-347 If you want to keep the abominably annoying alliteration, it can be fifteen or fifty. By the way, could you help me with the difference between fateful and fatal? And while you're at it, between casual and nonchalant? If you want to keep the abominably annoying alliteration, it can be fifteen or fifty.

By the way, could you help me with the difference between fateful and fatal? And while you’re at it, between casual and nonchalant?

]]> By: litlove http://www.wisemandarine.com/sorry-about-that/#comment-346 litlove Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:21:45 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/sorry-about-that/#comment-346 Oh please post the five fatal flaws. I am already longing to do mine (although it will be difficult to keep it down to five). Oh please post the five fatal flaws. I am already longing to do mine (although it will be difficult to keep it down to five).

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