Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy
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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!
