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    Ridiculous Words Lacking from the Google Chrome Dictionary

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    • dafyreD
      dafyre @scottalanmiller
      last edited by dafyre

      @scottalanmiller Correct usage in a sentence? When would you use amongst instead of among?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @dafyre
        last edited by

        @dafyre said:

        @scottalanmiller Correct usage in a sentence? When would you use amongst instead of among?

        They are interchangeable. It's from Middle English c1200

        He frolicked amongst the daises.

        Very common in England, lessso in American English in recent times. It's generally seen as more formal.

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        • RojoLocoR
          RojoLoco @dafyre
          last edited by

          @dafyre said:

          @scottalanmiller Correct usage in a sentence? When would you use amongst instead of among?

          'Amongst' is absolutely a word in both American and British English, amongst many others.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            Similar to alongst. But amongst is a lot more common.

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre @scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said:

              Similar to alongst. But amongst is a lot more common.

              Quite true. I was just curious as I tend to default to among since that is what I was brought up saying, lol.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                I think that I was brought up on amongst. It sounds so natural to me. I couldn't believe that the dictionary on FF didn't have it.

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller Hence the reason it wound up o nthe Ridiculous Words Missing list, lol.

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                  • nadnerBN
                    nadnerB @dafyre
                    last edited by nadnerB

                    @dafyre said:

                    @scottalanmiller Correct usage in a sentence? When would you use amongst instead of among?

                    Australian use of the word
                    Let's get amongst it!

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      How does one use that in context?

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                        Marc92
                        last edited by Marc92

                        Did anyone else read this thread and immediately think of Blackadder? Blackadder

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          FF: polenta

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            Canadian

                            FF has it, Chrome did not!!

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                            • coliverC
                              coliver
                              last edited by

                              Not sure if this was added yet... unassociated

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                That's a pretty rare one. Several dictionaries don't even have it, oddly enough.

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                                • nadnerBN
                                  nadnerB
                                  last edited by

                                  Unrefrigerated
                                  Seriously? Oh well, I guess everything at Google must refrigerated regardless of requirements.

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                                  • DustinB3403D
                                    DustinB3403
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                                    Virtualization and hypervisor

                                    Of course I've added these to my local dictionary, but still...

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                                      WingCreative
                                      last edited by WingCreative

                                      "Hypervisor" is one of those somewhat ridiculous tech words that I'm happy to be able to say in serious, real life situations.

                                      It sounds like something out of a 90's sci-fi movie.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        habanero on FF

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                                        • dafyreD
                                          dafyre @scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller It doesn't try to pick up the n with the ~ on it (How do you even type that on an English Windows machine?)... habañero ? (the ñ is alt, 164).

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            I looked for that, it didn't.

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