Noun forms of the word: Loather Loathing (as a verbal substantive) Loathsomeness
Adjectival form: loathsome
Adverbial forms: loathly, loathsomely
Dave Mann
My God, James and Maggy of course you’re right! I know it’s a verb…. but I just wrote the wrong word!
I’m a compete idiot and I owe igm an apology for being such a smarty pants!
Sorry!
p.s. Eats huge portion of humble pie for lunch…
Jack5
However, …
In H.W. Fowler’s original version of his famous A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, published in 1923, the spelling “loth” rather than “loath” is recommended in the non-verb .
Kiwi Dave
igm is, in general fact, correct in saying that ‘loath’ is an adjective, as in this construction, I am loath to buy shares at this time, but Paulus was obviously using a verb and the adjectival meaning is inappropriate in the specific context. /pedant
Maggie, if we can have ‘loather’, a form new to me, perhaps we also need ‘loathee’.
Maggy Wassilieff
@kiwi Dave… The online Oxford living Dictionary provides some sentence examples for loather
Absolutely right Paulus. We may despise her politics and the cult of personality around her, but Jacinda Ardern is our legitimate PM under MMP, just as Trump is the legitimately elected President of the USA.
That however doesn’t stop us scrutinising her policies and actions, and criticising those with which we disagree, or opposing those that are plain wrong.
igm
Difference being, Trump was elected, whereas this harridan was “Selected” by a toxic gnome out of spite and envy!
Nope; Labour did what it had to do to form a government, and National dodged a bullet. I’d rather we were in opposition for a term, than have to run everything past Peters.
Liberty
Keeping Stock you may be technically correct. But the fact remains Dear Leader is only appointed. Which does not give her a true mandate. But there is nothing to stop Dear Leader inflicting her socialist agenda. Until the end of her dubious reign.
oldpark
dirty harry.Not forgetting the other clown Peters. Not our deputy PM.
igm
My sympathy lies with this poor bugger. We had one particular road paddock with a nicely trimmed macrocarpa hedge and a decent size ditch in front. Not only did we get all types of takeaway rubbish dumped there, along with filthy napkins, but some dirty mongrels also climbed the 7-wire fence and shit behind the hedge. Got pissed off so ran a fine wire off a high powered electric unit just below the top wire. We were sitting outside one afternoon when our huntaway took off into the paddock . . . some dirty bastard had climbed the fence, and could not get out for fear of further shocks. Obviously a towny, he shit himself when he saw our dog (just a friendly old working boy) taking more shocks, screaming obscenities at me whilst clearing out as I approached on my quad. Took his registration number and intend to follow up further. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109718713/farmer-padlocks-gate-to-swimming-hole-after-nappies-found-on-riverbank
Our local swimming hole in Featherston has similar issues.
It’s at the end of a public road so access rights aren’t the issue, but the location has been added to one of the main freedom camping websites as it is HEAVING with gypsies all summer long and there is frequently rubbish everywhere.
There’s a modern long drop, but why wait your turn for that when you can just shit on the grass, right? And you drove to town for beers, but why would you drive the empties back to town when you could just throw them in the trees, right?
Morning Chuckles, you mentioned on another blog the other day you had been called some very hurtful words because you voted for Winston. Just for clarification, you are not an (insert chosen expletive) because you voted for Winston, you voted for him because you’re a (you know what to do here) You got things around the wrong way, in fact I’d still be calling you a (again, here) regardless because you simply are a (last time, just for fun) Thanks.
[DPF: Trolling and abusive. That is Strike 5 and one month off]
It seems The Project is getting more viewers while Seven Sharp is losing them. Ditto The AM Show v. Breakfast.
I’d say viewers aren’t leaving TVNZ’s offerings for TV3’s; rather they are switching off altogether as Breakfast and Seven Sharp are unbelievably shit. You don’t learn anything and to make it worse they are trying to be funny.
Paulus Gnome
I don’t watch any of it for, as you say, they are trying to be funny and my ‘mate’ which they most certainly are not.
Perhaps if they tried to be relevant rather than ‘funny’ their audience numbers might improve.
Relevant or comedy try hards, it is still shit and I would still not watch it.
calendar girl
It’s hard to believe that – in 2019 – we ‘taxpayers‘ are still required by law to pay for the kind of politicised dross served up by Television New Zealand.
What is the justification for Government still having any involvement in commercial broadcasting? How can New Zealanders ever free themselves of the suspicion / belief that state-owned-and-controlled broadcasting services are or can be politically-biased, or at least significantly influenced?
When will the National Party’s leadership resolve to free New Zealanders from this anachronism when it next holds the reins of Government? (Even though its actions then would already be several decades late.)
dirty harry
Paulus Gnome
igm
Dave Mann
James Stephenson
Maggy Wassilieff
Loather
Loathing (as a verbal substantive)
Loathsomeness
loathsome
loathly, loathsomely
Dave Mann
Jack5
Kiwi Dave
Maggy Wassilieff
The online Oxford living Dictionary provides some sentence examples for loather
Keeping Stock
igm
Keeping Stock
Liberty
But the fact remains Dear Leader is only appointed.
Which does not give her a true mandate.
But there is nothing to stop Dear Leader inflicting
her socialist agenda. Until the end of her dubious reign.
oldpark
Not our deputy PM.
igm
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109718713/farmer-padlocks-gate-to-swimming-hole-after-nappies-found-on-riverbank
tf78
igm
greybeard
Pharmachick
mark15
RRM
Chuck Bird
Awww C-mon
Just for clarification, you are not an (insert chosen expletive) because you voted for Winston, you voted for him because you’re a (you know what to do here)
You got things around the wrong way, in fact I’d still be calling you a (again, here) regardless because you simply are a (last time, just for fun)
Thanks.
holysheet
Nostradamus
UrbanNeocolonialist
mark15
duggledog
Paulus Gnome
calendar girl