Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/business/Lord-and-Taylor-Bankruptcy.html
Lord & Taylor, the floundering department store company that traces its roots to 1826, on Sunday became the latest retailer to file for bankruptcy protection as the coronavirus outbreak accelerates the demise of chains that were already teetering.
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https://www.thoughtco.com/flounder-and-founder-1689560
When used as verbs, the words flounder and founder are easily confused: they sound similar and are often used in similar contexts. The noun flounder refers to a small flatfish. The verb flounder means to struggle, to make clumsy efforts to move or regain one's balance. The noun founder refers to a person who establishes an institution or settlement. The verb founder means to sink or become disabled.
Examples
“Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.” (George Halas)The Turkish man-of-war Ertogrul foundered at sea and 500 members of her crew were drowned.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy:
(Beat me to it.)
"Founder," the verb, always struck me as being a description of something that's trying to find its way out of a bad situation and not being able to - like a ship on shoals.
"Flounder," I always thought was a description of something flopping around aimlessly.
Also, isn't this the best hijack of a thread in a while?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Can we please get back to the purpose of this thread? That is, to realize that the use of "Lord" in the Lord & Taylor name clearly was a racist reference to the exclusively white land owners in the middle ages? How could such a store exist in this year, which is the Year 1 A.W. (Anno Wokeini), is surprising to me.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy:
(Beat me to it.)
"Founder," the verb, always struck me as being a description of something that's trying to find its way out of a bad situation and not being able to - like a ship on shoals.
"Flounder," I always thought was a description of something flopping around aimlessly.
Also, isn't this the best hijack of a thread in a while?
@George-K said in Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy:
(Beat me to it.)
"Founder," the verb, always struck me as being a description of something that's trying to find its way out of a bad situation and not being able to - like a ship on shoals.
"Flounder," I always thought was a description of something flopping around aimlessly.
Also, isn't this the best hijack of a thread in a while?
Agree on all points! Props!
