Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Turn-offable

I heard this today for the first time.  An English teacher asked me if I knew
how to lower the air conditioning.  I told him I had tried unsuccessfully but
perhaps he could just turn it off.  He said he didn't know it was turn-offable.
 I just love the English language!
Arianna

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that's why I think it's not important to know English if you want to
speak English... you just need a good imagination and, of course, a
strong Italian accent!! ;)))
ciao...
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Filippo
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Anche l'italiano conosce questo tipo di creatività... "spegnibile"!
Thunder

 Anche l'italiano conosce questo tipo di creatività... "spegnibile"!
Questa è più facile trovarla nei vocabolari.
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Er Roscio.

 A right one could be "off-turnable", not "(turn-off)-able".
No, but 'turn-offable' would successfully communicate the idea and would not
seem odd as informal usage.

A right one could be "off-turnable", not "(turn-off)-able".
It would be fine in spoken (UK) English, off-turnable sounds totally
wrong.
There's plenty of similar words in everyday use, openable, close-able,
shut-able and obviously "movable".
Cheers
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John G Davies

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It is beginning to be generally used. The alternative phrase would be 
something like "can it be turned off" so "is it turn-offable" is a useful 
alternative that will find it's way into common usage I expect!
It is similar with the new verb "prioritize". We used to say something 
like "I will do the tasks in order of priority" now most people say "I 
will prioritize it" or "it needs to be prioritized"
In fact we can't seem to decide whether to spell it with a "s" or a "z" 
yet!!
Ciao
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Chris Notton
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Even if it's a "new-born" word, it's wrong.
I know and that's exactly why I posted this message.  Had the word been
correct, I would not have mentioned it!
English is full of "new-born" words.  Try looking up "to MC" or better yet "to
bart" (a very common verb in my area) .
bye
Ari

wrong.
I think he said it more as a joke than anything else. .  Maybe I should say
that this person was born and raised in the US and is an English instructor.  I
think he knows the term is incorrect, but it is common for people to make up
words in jest.  I asked him if he had heard it from his daughter to which he
replied "no, I am now making up my own two word adjectives" (since phrasal
verbs which we call two word verbs are part of his class syllabus).  Turn
offable made me think of another english word which came form a preposition:
outage.  I have always found that word strange.  
bye
Ari

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To bart? What's that?
I've read the Trainspotting's script and noticed the word MC used to call
the man who read the number at the Bingo contest....

 the man who read the number at the Bingo contest....
BART = Bay Area Rapid Transit
È una metropolitana, e 'to bart' significa 'prendere la metroplitana.'
MC = Master of Ceremonies
Non solo bingo, ma anche molti altri eventi, la persona che guida l'evento si
chiama MC.

To bart? What's that?
I think the good Arianna is playing just a bit dirty here :) 
I believe that 'to bart' is as common in her area as it is 
completely unknown to the rest of the universe. To bart makes 
sense only if you live where she lives, that is on the top of 
a mountain; the mountain, in turn, is located in the Bay Area 
and there they have the BART, which is a stinking train.
While the rest of the world commutes, people in the Bay Area
bart.
Ciao Arianna! :)
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I know you can't speak, I know you can't sign
So cry right here on the dotted line

 
Ahh!
Io ero convinta che significasse "scrivere sulla lavagna..."
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Mary

bart.
I did say it was a common word in MY area!
Didn't we bart one time we went downtown?
ciao Lupo !  Le grondaie ti aspettano!
bye
Ari

 Io ero convinta che significasse "scrivere sulla lavagna..."
E io che credevo che avesse a che fare con i Simpson... :-)))
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Er Roscio.

 
Appunto.
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Mary


Sì sì sapevo cosa significa ma lo contestualizzavo solo in ambito giovanile
(hai presente l'hip hop?). Non so perchè, forse perchè l'ho sempre sentito
dire in contesti musicali... Bah!
Tnx

ciao Lupo !  Le grondaie ti aspettano!
I miei omaggi alle grondaie.
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