Am i the only one that thinks "lighted" should be pronounced "lit" - GoFuckYourself.com

BlueWire · 06-06-2005, 06:26 PM

The room was well lighted...am I the only one that thinks this sounds stupid bordering on retarted?

SetTheWorldonFire · 06-06-2005, 06:28 PM

I agree, I got lit last night sounds way better than I got lighted

kaylacruz · 06-06-2005, 06:28 PM

i totally agree, is it not correct to use the word lit? I did not know lighted was a word?

azguy · 06-06-2005, 06:29 PM

wtf are you talking about?

lit1 (lhahaha301;t) pronunciation
v.

A past tense and a past participle of light1. See Usage Note at light1.

BlueWire · 06-06-2005, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaylacruz

i totally agree, is it not correct to use the word lit? I did not know lighted was a word?

The correct use of the word is lighted in most scenarios. I was helping my nephew correct his paper and I had to spend 30 minutes convincing him that i wasn't full of shit

NTSS · 06-06-2005, 06:30 PM

lighted" is proper grammar

BlueWire · 06-06-2005, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azguy

wtf are you talking about?

lit1 (lhahaha301;t) pronunciation
v.

A past tense and a past participle of light1. See Usage Note at light1.

There are times when "lit" CAN be used as the correct word, but usually its lighted if you want to be actually like technically correct ...makes no sense at all to me

Spunky · 06-06-2005, 06:31 PM

Not's everybody has edumacations

sherie · 06-06-2005, 06:31 PM

That can't possibly be a word! I won't hear of it!

BlueWire · 06-06-2005, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sherie

That can't possibly be a word! I won't hear of it!

ha, stupid...i know...but true

MikeXAMO · 06-06-2005, 07:18 PM

that's funny, I knew lighted was a word, but I would always use "lit" in place of it.

Harmon · 06-06-2005, 07:22 PM

This is like hanged and hung. Legal eagles refer to someone executed in this fashion as HANGED... you hung that muthfuka

IE - he was hanged.... no he wasn't... he was HUNG

Wiggles · 06-06-2005, 08:27 PM

yes lit would be proper, but the majority of N. America is illiterate.

Pornwolf · 06-06-2005, 08:40 PM

Lighted can't possibly be the correct way to say it.

jayeff · 06-06-2005, 09:01 PM

In meaning and within the context of the sentence originally quoted, lit and lighted are fully interchangeable.

But language isn't only about meaning. Ernest Hemingway wrote a short story called "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place". The immediate impression would have been not-so-subtly different if it had been called a "A Clean, Well-Lit Place". The actual title conjures up an image that is vaguely Dickensian, while the option... well, it doesn't sound weighty enough to be a story title at all.

That's because lighted doesn't flow off the tongue as easily as lit. And as we have become more lazy and less well educated, we have adopted short, simple words and abandoned everyday use of their more cumbersome equivalents. Thus when you do use a less familiar word you add a portentiousness to your speech or writing. Sometimes of course, you come across as simply pompous

munki · 06-06-2005, 09:03 PM

The beauty of the english language...

06-06-2005, 06:26 PM	#1
BlueWire Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,628	Am i the only one that thinks "lighted" should be pronounced "lit" The room was well lighted...am I the only one that thinks this sounds stupid bordering on retarted?

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azguy Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 5,167	wtf are you talking about? lit1 (lhahaha301;t) pronunciation v. A past tense and a past participle of light1. See Usage Note at light1.

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06-06-2005, 09:01 PM	#15
jayeff Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,944	In meaning and within the context of the sentence originally quoted, lit and lighted are fully interchangeable. But language isn't only about meaning. Ernest Hemingway wrote a short story called "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place". The immediate impression would have been not-so-subtly different if it had been called a "A Clean, Well-Lit Place". The actual title conjures up an image that is vaguely Dickensian, while the option... well, it doesn't sound weighty enough to be a story title at all. That's because lighted doesn't flow off the tongue as easily as lit. And as we have become more lazy and less well educated, we have adopted short, simple words and abandoned everyday use of their more cumbersome equivalents. Thus when you do use a less familiar word you add a portentiousness to your speech or writing. Sometimes of course, you come across as simply pompous

06-06-2005, 09:03 PM	#16
munki Do Fun Shit. Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OC Posts: 13,393	The beauty of the english language...