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Manhunt Underway After Apple Building in Cupertino Burglarized

Shaun said:
Different meanings. Vandal is a noun as it describes a person. Vandalise is a verb as it describes an action. For example, he is a vandal or he is going to vandalise my car.
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So why would it not similarly apply to burglar being a noun and burglarize being a verb?

http://grammarist.com/usage/burgle-burglarize/ -- in the end neither one seems to really be any better or worse than the other.
 
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bl**dy hell, who gives a monkeys about american/english grammar.

Where is the stolen/leaked new MBP or iPhone? :D did they get away with anything?
 
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They probably wanted to confirm another hardware was going to be released this year after reading RMBP rumor from this site.
 
Howyalikdemapls said:
Thanks! TIL! How about vandals? They vandalize here. Do they vandle in England? The building was vandled?
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Vandalism is an act carried out by a vandal. (Which is a term derived from an old Germanic tribe.)

A burgler is someone who burgles.

In one, the verb is derived form the noun. In the other, the noun is derived from the verb.

But in the American case, it's a verb derived from a noun derived from a verb. It's like saying someone constructorized a house, or demolisherized a building.
 
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lunarworks said:
Vandalism is an act carried out by a vandal. (Which is a term derived from an old Germanic tribe.)

A burgler is someone who burgles.

In one, the verb is derived form the noun. In the other, the noun is derived from the verb.

But in the American case, it's a verb derived from a noun derived from a verb. It's like saying someone constructorized a house, or demolisherized a building.
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http://grammarist.com/usage/burgle-burglarize/
 
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Reading that clumsy word in the title is so jarring to me that I knew it was going to be mentioned in the comments...seems to have hit a nerve.

Regarding the actual crime here...it's interesting to me people view theft of physical goods as wrong and punishable through jail time, yet if someone or some entity were to steal another's ideas (ie phone design and trade dress) then somehow that turns into fair game and painted by some as justified in the name of technological progress (but really it's greed).

Theft is theft and it's just a pitty the thieves of Apple's intellectual property are not treated as petty criminals doing time in some miserable Korean jail!
 
Apple will provide a low quality video for the public, just like any video I watched on the news all the time. :p
 
Nunyabinez said:
Actually, it's not just a pronunciation issue.

Aluminum is the American and Canadian spelling for the silver-white metallic element (number 13 on the periodic table) abundant in the earth’s crust. Aluminium is the preferred spelling outside North America. Neither term is superior to the other, and both are etymologically and logically justifiable. Aluminum is older, while aluminium is more consistent with other element names such as helium, lithium, magnesium, and so on (though let’s not forget there are other -um elements—molybdenum, tantalum, and platinum).

Aluminium has the edge in scientific writing even in North America. This is primarily because several influential scientific organizations and publications prefer the spelling.
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Americans chose to corrupt English here in disagreement with other languages too.
 
RedOrchestra said:
ONLY in America would you have a Manhunt on for a B & E.
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Or just something that is more along the lines of sensationalism (another "controversial" word?) in news reporting? And/or there's more to the story beyond just a simple (attempt at a) break-in at an Apple building?
 
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MacRumors said:
A command post has been set up on Camden Avenue, and officers and deputies are going door to door throughout the area in search of the suspects.
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I realize Apple has more stuff to steal, but man, I wish the rest of us could get this kind of a response to a break-in. My neighborhood has had two burglaries that I know of, and the cops didn't even bother to look for fingerprints.
 
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lunarworks said:
Vandalism is an act carried out by a vandal. (Which is a term derived from an old Germanic tribe.)

A burgler is someone who burgles.

In one, the verb is derived form the noun. In the other, the noun is derived from the verb.

But in the American case, it's a verb derived from a noun derived from a verb. It's like saying someone constructorized a house, or demolisherized a building.
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No, its still a verb derived from a noun. A burglar burglarizes and a vandal vandalizes.
 
Burglarized? Who in the name of wotsit came up with that? It's Burgled! Thing done by Burglars! Probably shouldn't be writing while I'm drivlerising my car though...
 
quatermass said:
Burglarized? Who in the name of wotsit came up with that? It's Burgled! Thing done by Burglars! Probably shouldn't be writing while I'm drivlerising my car though...
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Seems like you missed quite a bit of this thread.
 
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