Pet peeve warning
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dametheadeeJust because the following two words are pronounced pretty much the same, they ARE NOT the same word. Anyone who has read an SCA newsletter will know exactly what I mean.
pop·u·lous 
–adjective
1. full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
2. jammed or crowded with people
3. forming or comprising a large number or quantity.
1. full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
2. jammed or crowded with people
3. forming or comprising a large number or quantity.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME populus < L populōsus
pop·u·lace
–noun
1. the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
2. all the inhabitants of a place; population.
[Origin: 1565–75; < F < It popolaccio, equiv. to popol(o) people + -accio pejorative suffix]
1. the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
2. all the inhabitants of a place; population.
[Origin: 1565–75; < F < It popolaccio, equiv. to popol(o) people + -accio pejorative suffix
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Date: 2008-10-09 11:08 pm (UTC)