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From: Hibou <h.i@b.ou>
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Subject: Re: nonplussed
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 06:21:30 +0100
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Le 09/10/2021 à 21:58, Promer Denoir a écrit :
> 
> Cependant un de mes dicos :
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> In standard use *nonplussed* means ?surprised and confused?, as
>   in /she was/ *nonplussed* /at his eagerness to help out/. In
>   North American English a new use has developed in recent years,
>   meaning ?unperturbed?-more or less the opposite of its
>   traditional meaning-as in /he was clearly trying to
>   appear/ *nonplussed*. This new use probably arose on the
>   assumption that non- was the normal negative prefix and must
>   therefore have a negative meaning. Although the use is common it
>   is not yet considered standard.
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Rires de Diabolo ! (Oui, il est toujours là, Diabolo.)