Yeah, I gotta agree with this. When I just saw the word, I thought that it was, but when you put it in the sentence . . . I've never seen it written with that word. I've only ever seen "That is truly a momentous occasion."
aaand, now that I've seen sneaky_sena's comment I'm going "oh, right!" and realizing I totally spliced those two words together. Momentous and monumental. I can see why those wanted to become one word together in my head.
I thought it was a word, but after seeing this post, I had to check it out myself. According to WikiAnswers, it's not an actual word. It's a portmanteau (a blend of two (or more) words or morphemes and their meanings into one new word). Although, Urban Dictionary lists it as a word.
Apparently not, which is all kinds of wrong. I've heard it used on several occasions in the media. OED and Webster's should have picked it up by now on usage alone.
"Monumentous" is a portmanteau, though, and has cool additional connotations that enrich the language. "Irregardless" is just... sort of redundant and wrong-sounding. But who knows, in time it might be acceptable too. I remember when 'ain't' was added to the Dictionary, so anything is possible.
Ain't is in the dictionary? When did that happen? It's a word that sets my teeth on edge. Like 'yous' as the plural of you. (And please tell me that 'yous' isn't in the dictionary. Please!)
Ain't. It went in there sometime around the eighties, iirc. There was a minor kerfuffle about it.
Yous appears to be in some, but I don't know if it's made it to Merriam-Webster yet.
I think there's been more of a push to include words in use rather than strictly correct words, for the sake of second language learners looking things up but not being able to find them. That's sheer conjecture on my part though.
The one that got me was the addition of d'oh, Homer Simpson's catch-phrase, to the Oxford Dictionary in 1998.
Although widely disapproved as nonstandard and more common in the habitual speech of the less educated, ain't in senses 1 and 2 is flourishing in American English
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Must check the Macquarie and see what it's doing in Australian English.
*returns to work depressed at the state of the world*
I studied with a Texan when I was in Switzerland and she said "y'all" or "yawl" or "ya'll" (how do you spell that?) and it was adorable. But I don't think she said "ain't". I'm sure I would have run screaming from the room if she had.
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Date: 2009-11-17 06:02 am (UTC)Coolness ;)
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Date: 2009-11-16 11:02 pm (UTC)Yous appears to be in some, but I don't know if it's made it to Merriam-Webster yet.
I think there's been more of a push to include words in use rather than strictly correct words, for the sake of second language learners looking things up but not being able to find them. That's sheer conjecture on my part though.
The one that got me was the addition of d'oh, Homer Simpson's catch-phrase, to the Oxford Dictionary in 1998.
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Date: 2009-11-16 11:28 pm (UTC)NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Must check the Macquarie and see what it's doing in Australian English.
*returns to work depressed at the state of the world*
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Date: 2009-11-17 02:40 am (UTC)And I use ya'll as the plural for you. I've actually said all'a'ya'll a few times, too.
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Date: 2009-11-17 04:46 am (UTC)I generally use ain't just to prove a point or be annoying.
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Date: 2009-11-17 04:53 am (UTC)And with me that would totally work.
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Date: 2009-11-17 02:42 am (UTC)And it's actually already in the paper, printed out and in my notebook. *hee*
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