row

[Kim Braithwaite]

Like Paul, I sometimes have to do a double take when I run across row = 
squabble in print. But I don't believe it's all that rare, or misunderstood, 
when spoken. Is that 99% backed up by surveys?

Mr Kim Braithwaite, Translator
"Good is better than evil, because it's nicer" - Mammy Yokum (Al Capp)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] row


> augerot wrote:
>
>> All my dictionaries include "row" derived from "rouse" as a dispute
>> or disturbance, noise or clamor. Who says we can't use it in American
>> English?
>
> My dictionaries, like yours, are full of words nobody knows and nobody 
> uses; that's what they're for -- to inform users about unfamiliar words. A 
> British dictionary will certainly list "truck," and "eggplant," too, but 
> in the real world they call them "lorries" and "aubergines."
>
> You can use "row" in America if you like, but you should know that 99% of 
> the public will either misunderstand you or be completely at a loss.
>
> -- 
> War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
> --
> Paul B. Gallagher
> pbg translations, inc.
> "Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
> http://pbg-translations.com
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