Language & Grammar discussion

I have a grammar question.

I don't understand the difference between nauseous and nauseated.

Is it ok to say:
"I am nauseous."
"I feel nauseous."
"I have nausea."
That is nauseating."

Thanks so much!

I think "nauseous" is used for causing a sick feeling, while "nauseated" is for feeling sick, period. The smell of the outhouse was nauseous, and I felt nauseated.

My take, anyway.

....and mine is that if you feel unsettled in the tummy, you feel nauseous, but if something sickens you morally or ethically, you say "I feel nauseated" or "I find that nauseating".

...could be a hemispherical thing?!

Originally nauseous meant something that would cause nausea and nauseated meant having nausea.

That's what I always thought.

This word is a pet peeve for me. Ruth's definition is correct, although a lot of writers never use nauseated. They'll write "I feel nauseous" which would essentially mean "I feel like I'm causing nausea to someone else." It drives me crazy.

I feel nauseous
I feel nauseous
I feel nauseous, and peeked and foul
Don't be cautious
Be a lamb and call 911 now

I feel queasy
I feel queasy
I feel queasy and greasy and queer
It ain't easy
This gorging on bratwurst and beer.

I feel rotten
I feel rotten
I feel rotten and bloated and blah
I've forgotten
Not to take this gorging so far

I feel crappy
O so crappy
I feel crappy, unhappy and sad
Enough already
This parody's ever so bad . . ,

Apologies to Rodgers, Hammerstein, Julie Andrews, and the entire Trapp family.

Applause! Applause!

Bravo *on my feet*!!

Aww, shucks.

... corn while scraping his toe in the dirt.

But it's Leonard Bernstein you should be apologizing to. :)

ok
i've seen no mention of it yet
but the golden bodice to the right of the screen..what do you think or these adverts?

i know
one must keep the lights on and all but there seems to be an abundance of female endowments predominate

and suddenly it's the auto club of so cal
are they pegged to our profile info?

Do you mean the prominently displayed 6-pack? That is what I can see...and it is advertising a magical way to get rid of ugly belly fat....

I see the lady who applied for a position as my Muse.

Rejected by She Who Must Be Obeyed, she went into modeling instead. She claims to know Victoria's secret.

"Malakka !"
That´s Greek, and most probably misspelled.
Bad word, sniff ;-) Hehe.

I see no adverts. No bodices. No 6-pax. But then, I have a "beautiful people" filter on my computer. Who needs THAT?

"Malaka" is quite an insult, I'm told, far worse than its British translation, "wanker."

peter!
hello!
where ya been ya old crabhead?!

I see no ads, either good or bad, but like NE, I have the magic filter...unfortunately for me, it also filters out lots and lots of pictorial jokes that a friend sends me. Instead of getting a laugh, I see the small, dreaded red "x" and get a considerable case of heartburn instead. Anyone know a remedy for this?

Ahm... wriggling along through trees, hunting mushrooms ;-) Got them!!! They didn´t even put up a lot of a fight... still. it´s sometimes nasty. Nevertheless, I hunted down so many... hehe ;-)
Regarding crabs on the head: They´re only for showing-off. Not for eating!
Elizi, I like your sarcasm. We could indeed start a contest.
Folks around, who´ll be the most sarcastic??? Even cynist, ahem..

I´m starting by saying: I´m Such a bloody stale male that even a glacier would overtake my overtaking-... advances.

Smirk ;-) Peter

I have a Babies R Us ad this morning. ???? Screwed demographics. Even my grandchildren aren't babies.

I have motion sickness remedies. They must know I watched the debate last night.

...and I have "I cured my acid reflux!!"
How nauseating!!!

self publish a book
FREE
they either think i'm an egomaniac or a sucker

and peter i think you win

at least i hope so

heehee

mushrooming sounds wonderful
did you go to schwatz wald?

please excuse the possible misspelling

The mushroom thing reminds me of an aside in "Rover Saves Christmas" by Roddy Doyle that deals with potato hunting in Ireland (it's easy because potatoes don't have any legs so they can't run away, and they have no mouths so they can't beg for mercy). If you want a Christmas giggle for kids or grandchildren, go and buy it!!!

No ads. It may be my Firefox SPAM and POP-UP BLOCKER, God bless it.

Signed,
"That One"

(it's easy because potatoes don't have any legs so they can't run away, and they have no mouths so they can't beg for mercy

Ah, but how can you resist those eyes?

well
ya chop the tater up in little pieces
one eye per chunk
and plant er in a mound of dirt
eyes up
and ya get
more taters
with more eyes
after the blossoms of course
and the crowning of the tater blossom queen
and killin the tops

Elizabeth:
We´ll have to work on your German... If I went to "schwatz wald", I´d have had a nice time in the "gossipping forest", with trees talking my ears off. It´s called Schwarzwald, the Black Forest. One word.
Take it easy, nobody´s perfect, and that will remain a truth infinetely.
Nah, I just roam the woods around my place, and am more than pleased. Mushrooms for more than a year, for pasta and viands etc.
Ever tried an omelette?? Onions, bacon, shrooms, herbs, salt, eggs. Doesn´t get easier...
Peter;-)

Oh, of course. About sarcasm/cynicism. Well, with me it´s ingrained- I almost everyday laugh my scrawny ass off of myself for being as laughable as I am. Beats the shit out of being depressive, I´d say!!

You know, I´m sluggishly studying for English-correspondent... kind of a low-grade translator... and aiming for British Columbia. Bavaria is a nice place indeed- but I have seen everything. No bonds remain.

Eli, this is just a suggestion- I´d like you to mail me privately. This is no flirt, mind you. I´m mailing privately to Sheri in Seattle, Aleus in Peru, Jim in the Appalachians, GhostParticle on SriLanka, Fred in Portugal... andandand. It´s simply not so complicated. I´m even now still looking for the recent updates and failing. This is a suggestion.

Are you d´accord??

I whish you a nice evening!

Thy Peter

How accidentically acidic!
Ack. I know the situation, Deb. The nicest situation is when it indeed comes up. Hello- where are the porcellain-thrones...
okay... let me try for an alliteration-marathon:

"Publically puking produces pubescent problems pertaining (to) permantly perceived personal problems, perchance purged positively (by) perceivance."

Or something. Hey, I´m German, I´m just trying ;-)
By the way- all you English and American folks... the fact that you HAVE beer does NOT entitle you to believe that you could drink like us. Could you imagine how many folks I had to help? Tsk. Especially to the U.S.: It´d be wiser to let your young drink beer from 16, not 21. As if they wouldn´t, just by law. Around here, they learn. Around the U.S., it´s illegal and they don´t learn anythying.
My opinion.

i knew i should have google translated it first
i think you can send an email thro my profile as we are now cyber "friends"
i will then return your email with my private email
i'm not worried about
a bavarian with a crab on his head
you would be spotted miles away

british columbia is quite lovely i understand
all the rage in the 70's
similar climate to germany i imagine being sort of latitudinally similar
but heh canadian a