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[Volimar]

Star Trek 3 started out like this...

I'm guessing someone is possessed of Steve's Katra.

 

[Wichu]

Is burglarized an Americanism? I've always just said 'burgled'

Oh no, now I'd better safeguard my house against potential burglarizers.

Seriously, WTF America?

 

[Escape Goat]

Protect yourself from potential burglari. Don't be burgled.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

Everyone has that feature..

touché

 

[kodecraft]

His autobiography is really interesting, I am at like Chapter 9 right now.... I cannot wait for the Sorkin film based on the book. will be at least a year or two though.

I didn't know this, thanks for the info.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Err, no Burglarized makes no sense as it doesn't follow standard grammatical rules.

If I take a taxi, does the driver driverize me home?
If I hire someone to clean my home do they cleanerize it?

Just saying.

Err, no. Plenty of languages have exceptions in grammar to make certain words easier to pronounce or sound better. Not sure what you're getting at.

 

[SimleuqiR]

Protect yourself from potential burglari. Don't be burgled.

Why did I read this in that Bioshock "Tonic" reel voice?

 

[MattKeil]

Oh no, now I'd better safeguard my house against potential burglarizers.

Seriously, WTF America?

We changed it to something that doesn't sound quite so much like something a frog would do underwater after a large meal.

 

[Marco1]

I was burgled twice in 1 year last year and they didn't catch one person.
Just proves it's all about who you are.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

I was burgled twice in 1 year last year and they didn't catch one person.
Just proves it's all about who you are.

And the relative idiocy of the burglarizers

 

[Vilix]

I guess Gatekeeper isn't that good after all.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Is burglarized an Americanism? I've always just said 'burgled'

We already have "irregardless" in the English dictionary. It's sad really. :/

 

[leadbelly]

We changed it to something that doesn't sound quite so much like something a frog would do underwater after a large meal.

Yeah. Instead it sounds like something a really pretentious interior designer would say.

"The interior is looking a bit old now".

"Yeah. I suggest we burglarize it. That will inject some life back in the place"

 

[DR2K]

Did they slide to unlock?

 

[Willkiller]

"Burglarized"?



:lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[airmangataosenai]

Is he okay?

 

[leadbelly]

Is he okay?

A group of police officers went over to the cemetery to see if there was any evidence of him turning in his grave. Stethoscopes were placed around the area of his grave, and I can confirm that all seems quiet at the moment.

 

[dabig2]

Err, no Burglarized makes no sense as it doesn't follow standard grammatical rules.

If I take a taxi, does the driver driverize me home?
If I hire someone to clean my home do they cleanerize it?

Just saying.

burglary -> burglarize.
plagiary -> plagiarize
author - > authorize
modern -> modernize
jeopardy -> jeopardize
formal -> formalize

I can go on for days. The "ize" suffix in the English language merely means to cause or to become. Burglarized is perfectly fine.

 

[leadbelly]

burglary -> burglarize.
plagiary -> plagiarize
author - > authorize
modern -> modernize
jeopardy -> jeopardize
formal -> formalize

I can go on for days. The "ize" suffix in the English language merely means to cause or to become. Burglarized is perfectly fine.

I think it is strange in the context in which -ise/ize suffix tends to be used. I don't really know if it is grammatically right or wrong though.

I see burglary as similar to robbery: the act of doing, committing a robbery.

I've been robbed.
I've been robberised.

Robberised gives you the sense that something is being done specifically to you. Similar to victimised, terrorised or sodomised. Those words denoting something being done specifically to you. To be subjected to, to cause you to feel victimised.

 

[Reuenthal]

People turn to crime when there are no more jobs

 

[The_Hitcher89]

burglary -> burglarize.
plagiary -> plagiarize
author - > authorize
modern -> modernize
jeopardy -> jeopardize
formal -> formalize

I can go on for days. The "ize" suffix in the English language merely means to cause or to become. Burglarized is perfectly fine.

Regarding author, isn't it an authorator that authorises, while an author authors?

 

[PS3GamerKyle]

Samsung getting desperate?

@OP, shame for the family. Hopefully this was just a random act of crime, and not premeditated.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Is burglarized an Americanism? I've always just said 'burgled'

Yes

"In 1832, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was fulminating about the 'vile and barbarous' new adjective that had just arrived in London. The word was 'talented'. It sounds innocuous enough to our ears, as do 'reliable', 'influential' and 'lengthy', which all inspired loathing when they first crossed the Atlantic."

Edit: Bah, the above is from a banned site.

Those all sound idiotic. And probably still do to the brits :/

 

[kirblar]

Did he try out a holistic security system as well?

 

[Log4Girlz]

Did he try out a holistic security system as well?

To scare off criminals he probably painted his screen doors blue.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Yes

"In 1832, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was fulminating about the 'vile and barbarous' new adjective that had just arrived in London. The word was 'talented'. It sounds innocuous enough to our ears, as do 'reliable', 'influential' and 'lengthy', which all inspired loathing when they first crossed the Atlantic."

Edit: Bah, the above is from a banned site.

Those all sound idiotic. And probably still do to the brits :/

Nowt wrong with them words

 

[Jal]

The world, is holdin back...

The time has come to...

The world, is holdin back...

The time has come to...

The world, is holdin back...

The time has come to...

Burglarize!


I like burglarize, makes me laugh every time i read it.

 

[MattKeil]

Yeah. Instead it sounds like something a really pretentious interior designer would say.

"The interior is looking a bit old now".

"Yeah. I suggest we burglarize it. That will inject some life back in the place"

Can't see it. In that context it sounds like they're going to cover it in some kind of glaze made from hamburgers.

Oh, English language.

 

[leadbelly]

Can't see it. In that context it sounds like they're going to cover it in some kind of glaze made from hamburgers.

Oh, English language.

Think of the word modernise.

modernise - make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"

 

[Chunky]

Wait, I thought 'burglarize' was just the twitter guy trying to make a funny? Someone was actually using it seriously? :lol :lol

burglary -> burglarize.
plagiary -> plagiarize
author - > authorize
modern -> modernize
jeopardy -> jeopardize
formal -> formalize

I can go on for days. The "ize" suffix in the English language merely means to cause or to become. Burglarized is perfectly fine.

Yeah, but these are all gross American words.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Just saw a headline of this on Inside Edition called "iRobbed" with a background photo of a sick Steve Jobs

Classy.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

I figured his home would have decent security. That burglar was probably close to someone doing construction on the Jobs' house.

Oh no, now I'd better safeguard my house against potential burglarizers.

Seriously, WTF America?

 

[Ferrio]

The rooty tooty point-n-shooty gets me always.

 

[Zomba13]

Is burglarized an Americanism? I've always just said 'burgled'

This. Burglarized seems like something an idiot would say. Like you got burnarized.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Burgled.

 

[speculawyer]

Circle of life.

I feel bad for laughing at this.

 

[bodyboarder]

Samsung getting desperate?

Nailed it.