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Bruce[_28_]

In article >,
says...
>
> On Friday, September 23, 2016 at 6:17:50 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
> > On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 15:07:57 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >On Friday, September 23, 2016 at 6:01:54 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
> > >> On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:48:08 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > >> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >On Friday, September 23, 2016 at 4:18:01 PM UTC-4, Jeßus wrote:
> > >> >> On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:15:28 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > >> >> > wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> >Nayla THE UNEDUCATED Azzahra wrote:
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >>Does this sound familiar? You WANT to eat healthy.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >You want to eat HEALTHFULLY!
> > >> >> >Eating "healthy" means eating huge portions.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Only in America.
> > >> >
> > >> >Perhaps he's alluding to the expression "a healthy appetite".
> > >> >However, what that means is not eating like a glutton, but
> > >> >having the appetite of a healthy person, as opposed to the
> > >> >weak appetite of a sick person.
> > >> >
> > >> >The dictionary informs me that--informally--"healthy" can
> > >> >denote "considerable in size or amount", such as "a healthy
> > >> >glug of vodka in a pitcher of orange juice".
> > >>
> > >> Yes, it gets used that way here as well.
> > >>
> > >> > It's odd
> > >> >that Sheldon would suddenly use the informal definition,
> > >> >when throughout this thread he's been a stickler for what
> > >> >he believes to be correct usage.
> > >>
> > >> The only group of people I have ever heard say 'healthfully' or
> > >> healthful has been Americans and possibly Canadians. That was the
> > >> reason I took issue with Sheldon's comment, just trying to point out
> > >> that it isn't universal like he seems to imply.
> > >
> > >Nor is it actually very common in American usage. People say "healthy".
> > >I'm healthy. Broccoli is healthy. Only an idiot would be unable to
> > >grasp from context that I enjoy good health and the broccoli fosters
> > >good health. Oh, perhaps someone whose first language is not English,
> > >but the language is full of those sorts of pitfalls.
> >
> > Indeed. I would hate to have to learn English as a second language.
> > It must be one of the most difficult languages to learn in terms of
> > inconsistencies and apparent contradictions.
>
> On the other hand, it's actually a comparatively easy language to
> learn enough to get by.

If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for us.