On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 20:55:43 +1000, Bruce >
wrote:

>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.

Um, most named Jesus speak Spanish/Spanglish: Haysoose