Now, how many ... (was careen vs. career)

[Wilson Gray]

Well, of course, if you merely wanted to make yourself clear. But not
if you wanted to play your listeners.;-)

-Wilson

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> If I meant something like "swerve violently," I'd always use "careen."  If I
> meant "rush headlong," I'd probably use "career" in writing but something
> else entirely in speech - something like "rush headlong."
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> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:
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>> I would use careen in conversation and writing.
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>> The word careen is of special interest to me as I was caught writing "the
>> dolls careened off the shelves" not too long ago. FWIW, BB
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>> On Nov 28, 2009, at 3:52 PM, David Barnhart wrote:
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>> > How many would use _career_ over _careen_ in conversation, given the
>> > closeness of their meanings?
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