Planning an elopement: deciding on the location

Sounds like a destination wedding, not an elopement to me too!

rubaiyat said :

May I also offer my services for your elopement.

I not only offer elopement planning, but also branding and marketing.

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I thought tattooing was extreme enough but branding! Wow! Do you still use a a hot iron to the rump or have you improved the technology?

What sort of images or writing are trendy newly weds getting branded on each other these days?

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madelini said :

Maya123 said :

madelini said :

The amount of people arguing about the use of the term “elopement” is astounding. It’s almost as though language is fixed and cannot adapt to incorporate broader or different meaning.

I don’t believe people are arguing about the term “elopement” here. It’s fairly unanimous it was used wrongly. True, language is not always fixed and can adapt, but that usually takes time (years) and needs to be a word that a large proportion of the population is now using with a new meaning. It should not be an argument for when any word is just used incorrectly, as was done above with “elopement”. Language’s main use is communication of meaning and the accepted use of “elopement” is for a couple to run away/escape in a secretive, sneaky way, without telling their family to get married; often without family approval. To give it other personal meanings, which the general population doesn’t relate to, is to stifle and confuse communication. If personal meanings are acceptable for “elopement”, then personal meanings should be acceptable for all words. Imagine how much ‘fun’ that would be. “Fun”, that’s my own interpretation of that word.

I don’t agree with you. I completely understood what the writer meant in her use of the term “elope”, but that could be because I am of the same age bracket to her, and have heard the term used in this way before. For a lot of people, “eloping” has changed in its use to mean “running away to get married”, whether or not anyone at home knows that you are doing that.

Meanings change all the time based on context – “misogyny” has morphed from meaning the actual hatred of women to the systematic oppression of women in everyday life; “digital” has changed from use of the digits (fingers) to technological. If you understood what Sophia was writing about and her use of the term “elope”, then what you are witnessing is social linguistic change (for better or for worse).

Actually, the definition of misogyny is wider than that e.g. publicly disagreeing with a feminist.

switch said :

Masquara said :

This misuse of language is up there with Robyn Archer’s infamous “diaspora” faux pas – describing people who had visited Canberra as somehow our diaspora. Pshaw.

You still jealous of the amount she got paid.

Absolutely! Though, nto jealous so much as annoyed. She claimed to have fallen deeply in love with Canberra – now she is using identical language regarding the Gold Coast – her current paid gig! Add to that, she missed so many opportunities – like having some contractual arrangements around Skywhale that would get us value for $400,000 expenditure.

madelini said :

Maya123 said :

madelini said :

The amount of people arguing about the use of the term “elopement” is astounding. It’s almost as though language is fixed and cannot adapt to incorporate broader or different meaning.

I don’t believe people are arguing about the term “elopement” here. It’s fairly unanimous it was used wrongly. True, language is not always fixed and can adapt, but that usually takes time (years) and needs to be a word that a large proportion of the population is now using with a new meaning. It should not be an argument for when any word is just used incorrectly, as was done above with “elopement”. Language’s main use is communication of meaning and the accepted use of “elopement” is for a couple to run away/escape in a secretive, sneaky way, without telling their family to get married; often without family approval. To give it other personal meanings, which the general population doesn’t relate to, is to stifle and confuse communication. If personal meanings are acceptable for “elopement”, then personal meanings should be acceptable for all words. Imagine how much ‘fun’ that would be. “Fun”, that’s my own interpretation of that word.

I don’t agree with you. I completely understood what the writer meant in her use of the term “elope”, but that could be because I am of the same age bracket to her, and have heard the term used in this way before. For a lot of people, “eloping” has changed in its use to mean “running away to get married”, whether or not anyone at home knows that you are doing that.

Meanings change all the time based on context – “misogyny” has morphed from meaning the actual hatred of women to the systematic oppression of women in everyday life; “digital” has changed from use of the digits (fingers) to technological. If you understood what Sophia was writing about and her use of the term “elope”, then what you are witnessing is social linguistic change (for better or for worse).

I logged in to tell you were wrong. In fact, I typed into google “elopment wedding planner” so that I could source some proof to show you how such a thing doesn’t exist.

Instead I came across this article from 2012:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/fashion/weddings/Eloping-Does-Not-Mean-What-It-Once-Did.html?_r=0

Damnit. You’re right. Within the universe of the Pinterest/Instagram user it appears the word elope has been hijacked to mean a wedding without the guests.

As to whether or not they are significant or important enough portion of the English-speaking population to force their ‘social linguistic change’ on average the-riotact reader I’ll leave that open for debate 😉

`When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
`The question is,’ said Alice, `whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
(from Through the Looking Glass)

May I also offer my services for your elopement.

I not only offer elopement planning, but also branding and marketing.

Handled correctly this could get massive social media hits and increase the number of physical attendees into six figures.

What beans are you planning on using?

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Congratulations on your plans to elope. As an elopement planner, I would be happy to assist you with your elopement, and I encourage you to peruse my catalogue . Please be advised that prices listed do not include my own mark-up.

Maya123 said :

madelini said :

The amount of people arguing about the use of the term “elopement” is astounding. It’s almost as though language is fixed and cannot adapt to incorporate broader or different meaning.

I don’t believe people are arguing about the term “elopement” here. It’s fairly unanimous it was used wrongly. True, language is not always fixed and can adapt, but that usually takes time (years) and needs to be a word that a large proportion of the population is now using with a new meaning. It should not be an argument for when any word is just used incorrectly, as was done above with “elopement”. Language’s main use is communication of meaning and the accepted use of “elopement” is for a couple to run away/escape in a secretive, sneaky way, without telling their family to get married; often without family approval. To give it other personal meanings, which the general population doesn’t relate to, is to stifle and confuse communication. If personal meanings are acceptable for “elopement”, then personal meanings should be acceptable for all words. Imagine how much ‘fun’ that would be. “Fun”, that’s my own interpretation of that word.

I don’t agree with you. I completely understood what the writer meant in her use of the term “elope”, but that could be because I am of the same age bracket to her, and have heard the term used in this way before. For a lot of people, “eloping” has changed in its use to mean “running away to get married”, whether or not anyone at home knows that you are doing that.

Meanings change all the time based on context – “misogyny” has morphed from meaning the actual hatred of women to the systematic oppression of women in everyday life; “digital” has changed from use of the digits (fingers) to technological. If you understood what Sophia was writing about and her use of the term “elope”, then what you are witnessing is social linguistic change (for better or for worse).

madelini said :

The amount of people arguing about the use of the term “elopement” is astounding. It’s almost as though language is fixed and cannot adapt to incorporate broader or different meaning.

Yeah like the opposite!