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ceigered (User's profile) June 28, 2009, 2:51:27 PM
Miland:Ajjjjj... Tre konfuzataceigered:"expedite must mean, to send off, right, or have I misinterpreted the EO meaning or Ekspedi?You're right. The Esperanto ekspedi also means to forward something, like forwarding goods to be transported."(
Unfortunately the English word "expedite" is not the same thing; the Concise Oxford Dictionary has "assist the progress of", and "hasten". Thus ekspedi is a potential falsa amiko.
So far all I've found with "expedi-" roots are false friends
ceigered (User's profile) June 28, 2009, 3:14:16 PM
Aŭ tie ĉi
I made a post in the 'pri la pagxaro' forum bringing up jchthys' idea
jchthys' idea:Maybe you should take this to the "Pri la paĝaro" forum. This would also help solve the national-language forum problem: it would help non-English speakers, for example, to be able to click on the words. Or maybe it could recognize Esperanto words and work the other way around too.Any discussion welcome. I might not frequent that page much though as I tend to get overwhelmed reading giant blocks of EO text
(also who knew you could nest lernu-emoticons inside of forum links?)
[quote=b]Randomness[/b]]
I wonder how much i can nest in here? ha ha ha [/quote]And with that excessive nesting I conclude that the Lernu forums are built on a flexible yet powerful platform 
andogigi (User's profile) June 29, 2009, 11:49:47 AM
I wonder how much i can nest in here? ha ha ha [/quote]I bet it won't let you do it recursively. 
ceigered (User's profile) June 29, 2009, 1:19:03 PM
andogigi:[quote=b]Randomness[/b]]I bet it won't let you do it recursively.
[/quote]You mean like this?[quote=b]Randomness[/b]]
I wonder how much i can nest in here? ha ha ha [quote=b]Randomness[/b]] I wonder how much i can nest in here? ha ha ha [quote=b]Randomness[/b]] I wonder how much i can nest in here? ha ha ha 
russ (User's profile) June 30, 2009, 5:31:25 AM
Miland:True, but even that sense is at least somewhat similar (both involve sending or getting something moving along its way), so there's at least some mnemonic help remembering one if you know the other.ceigered:"expedite must mean, to send off, right, or have I misinterpreted the EO meaning or Ekspedi?You're right. The Esperanto ekspedi also means to forward something, like forwarding goods to be transported.
Unfortunately the English word "expedite" is not the same thing; the Concise Oxford Dictionary has "assist the progress of", and "hasten". Thus ekspedi is a potential falsa amiko.
Also English "expedite" actually has several meanings/nuances; the one I was thinking of is much more like Esperanto "ekspedi". E.g. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/expedite includes the definition "to issue or dispatch, as an official document or letter." and http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expedite includes "issue, dispatch".
Miland (User's profile) June 30, 2009, 6:57:17 PM
russ:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/expedite includes the definition "to issue or dispatch, as an official document or letter." and http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expedite includes "issue, dispatch".I've just looked up the full OED (which needs the aid of a magnifier). The sense of "expedite" above is classified as "rare", being the last of four categories of use, which would explain the Concise Oxford Dictionary not having it. (The first three are respectively to facilitate, to hasten the progress of, and to accomplish quickly).
Therefore, for most purposes "expedite" is not used as ekspedi would be. But it may be that there is a difference between British and American usage.
ceigered (User's profile) June 30, 2009, 7:10:02 PM
Miland:(The first three are respectively to facilitate, to hasten the progress of, and to accomplish quickly)Well I reckon it was the first that the exam paper was using
Lucky I answered it that way