• Get

    From Anton Shepelev@2:221/6 to All on Tue Aug 11 12:13:36 2020
    The word `get' is so cruelly overused in English that
    Ambrose Bierce, commenting on the phrase "to get married",
    asks the reader why not to say "to get dead", too. I
    therefore try to limit its office in my vocabulary to the
    immediate meaning of taking something. One phrase, however,
    makes me cudgel my brains -- "to get into a car". What
    literate synonyms can you propose for it without `get'? How
    about "to board"? But I fear it does not work for both
    passenger and driver. I got stuck...

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Anton Shepelev on Tue Aug 11 21:45:42 2020
    On 11/08/2020 5:13 a.m., Anton Shepelev : All wrote:


    The word!?! get' is so cruelly overused in English that Ambrose
    Bierce, commenting on the phrase "to get married", asks the
    reader why not to say "to get dead", too. I therefore try to
    limit its office in my vocabulary to the immediate meaning of
    taking something. One phrase, however, makes me cudgel my
    brains -- "to get into a car". What literate synonyms can you
    propose for it without!?! get'? How about "to board"? But I fear
    it does not work for both passenger and driver. I got stuck...

    English is such a hodge-podge of mixed rules and exceptions. I can empathize.

    How about the terms ingress and egress?

    Typically, they may refer to the ease or difficulty of getting in and out of "something", even in traffic. But I think you can make them work as a substitute for your needs.

    -aa-

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  • From Anton Shepelev@2:221/6 to August Abolins on Wed Aug 12 13:12:26 2020
    August Abolins to Anton Shepelev:

    The word `get' is so cruelly overused in English that
    Ambrose Bierce, commenting on the phrase "to get
    married", asks the reader why not to say "to get dead",
    too. I therefore try to limit its office in my
    vocabulary to the immediate meaning of taking
    something. One phrase, however, makes me cudgel my
    brains -- "to get into a car". What literate synonyms
    can you propose for it without `get'? How about "to
    board"? But I fear it does not work for both passenger
    and driver. I got stuck...

    How about the terms ingress and egress?

    I didn't know they could be verbs. But even if they can,
    are they transitive verbs? In other words, can one ingress
    a car without making fun of English grammar and himself?

    I first encountered the word `egress' in the scene in Moby
    Dick where Ishmael saw Bildad and Peleg quarrel over his
    `lay'.

    Typically, they may refer to the ease or difficulty of
    getting in and out of "something", even in traffic. But
    I think you can make them work as a substitute for your
    needs.

    These words refer to the acts of entrace and exit. I see
    nothing in their meanings that might be linked with the
    difficulty of entering or exiting...

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Anton Shepelev on Wed Aug 12 19:53:13 2020
    On 12/08/2020 6:12 a.m., Anton Shepelev : August Abolins wrote:

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    Heheheh! Touché

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