2006-11-11 09:31:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Because we sadly don't use most of the words in the English language any more and with kids these days, it will only get worse.
Just the other day I heard mantled. I needed replacement glass for a window and was talking to the shop about mantled glass.
The other posters are not correct in saying gruntle isn't a word or that "dis" isn't a prefix in these cases. See the links below...
eg. "disgruntle [Origin: 1675–85; dis-1 + gruntle, freq. of grunt]"
2006-11-11 09:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by misskate12001 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dismantle means to pull apart or reveal
mantle means to cover up, e.g. the clouds mantled the moon
Disgruntle means to disgust or displease
gruntle means to utter a low grunt or to murmer.
The English language is slowly being eroded by America. One has only needed half of their vocabulary ever since f*** became accepted.
The English language isn't hard to understand, e.g.
How can a Conservative woman, who is not Liberal minded have Labour pains?
2006-11-12 02:09:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lol because it isn't proper english. A lot of words in our language are just strange at times and since we have other words to say the same thing that sound better we just use those. Really actually you haven't broken the word down far enough. Mantle, and grunt are both words, they just add more letters with the dis in front.
2006-11-11 17:34:46 · answer #3 · answered by Lili 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, no -- these words are making a comeback, ever since George Goebel and George Carlin started pointing these inconsistencies out. Look on the internet -- I just came across a reference to a "gruntled employee" (-:.
2006-11-11 18:09:33 · answer #4 · answered by Madame M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the latter aren't words formed by a prefix + the later.
2006-11-11 17:33:57 · answer #5 · answered by vb_course_ar 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isn't mantled a word?
Same with receive. How can you "ceive" something?
2006-11-11 17:34:23 · answer #6 · answered by quatrapiller 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because dis in not a prefix in this case
2006-11-11 17:36:22 · answer #7 · answered by Shannon M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why do you assume that dis is a prefix?
2006-11-11 17:33:14 · answer #8 · answered by Spadesboffin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to the English language. You will see that kind of lunacy a lot.
2006-11-11 17:33:26 · answer #9 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋