According to the OED, reiterate is a legitimate verb:
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Accepted common usage doesn't make it right! [cursing]
I'll rerepeat myself - the work is iterate! [rolleyes]

Don't use your caps lock voice at me!

reiterate and iterate are accepted synonyms that are listed in most dictionaries. You mainly speak it as reiterate and write it as iterate. It's just one of the millions of anomolies in the English language. At least both are recognised as words. We're discussing things that are completely made up in here.

Sure is no Will & Grace.

To be accurate, I held down the 'shift' key. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/wink1.gif
Regarding making up stuff, I'm equally amused and in despair over some of the 'fabricationisations' that are uttered by Americans on television.

You haven't seen the Craig Ferguson show before....

I don't think it's shown here.

I've always considered iterate to mean repeating something twice, while reiterate means telling something at least 3 times, so it means you are repeating something you have already repeated at least once.

My understanding is that an iteration of something means an instance of something - which could equally be one instance / iteration. Therefore re-iteration means more than one, not specifically more than two.

Could be wrong though.

I think it proves that being funny is the one of the few things Britain has not lost its superiority in.

Oh yeah, definite proof. 1 youtube clip is all you need these days to make accurate sweeping generalisations.

^^ that's called sarcasm.

He reminds me of austin powers

I have to say I've had this same conversation with several people over the past year or so. Actually sitting them down and explaining it to them, even drawing a graph like that trying to get it through their thick skulls what exactly they are saying and what it means.

Fun times, fun times.

I'm with him on the spelling thing, but not on a proper English basis, more like just nobody knows how to freaking spell anymore(North Americans with English as their first language)

Like "rediculous" it's RIDICULOUS how nobody knows how to spell that anymore. Or "tomarrow" it's TOMORROW you #$@%$$#@%#$%! One of my favourites is seeing people spell tongue as "tounge" like.....just..... [rofl]

I don't really get angry http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/laugh1.gif I'm just a grammar Nazi with OCD. That and cell phone typing when you have a full 100+ key keyboard with all letters easily available to you. You have no excuse to type like you are forced to use a number pad. "How r u 2day?" [no]

With how things are today, the English language seems doomed to die off, or at least mutate into some kind of lazy short-form infested ******* child.

English die off? I don't think so http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/biggrin1.gif Short hand perhaps, but that tends to be how languages evolve - plus bear in mind written/typed is not the main/only form.

[rofl] I'm glad I've moved to the crowd that's able to say "number one." Thinking about it now, I really should probably just buy my own set of clippers and do it myself as paying $12 every 4-6 weeks to have someone do it adds up pretty quick and I could easily buy a set of clippers after a few times.

I always viewed "Hold down the fort" in the same vein as "don't give up the fort". Same way someone can hold down a steady job.

I care, but I could care less(trying not to, really), but I caRE! That's what is truly important isn't it, or am I just being careless?

I'm kind of with you as well. To hold something down to me sounds like you are not letting it go. I think he's just being a bit anal with that one.

This is one of my favourites:

http://futuremark.yougamers.com/foru...1&postcount=13

A bit anal?? David Mitchell?!?! I think that's the LAST thing he's trying to make a career out of every week on the telly on most channels.