'Averted'

Evan DietrichSmith

Hearing this used quite often, only this morning by Willie O'Dea and others.

He used a sentence in which he said,and this is not exact ,only to give the example .

"The AG also averted to that statement"

I always thought it should be 'averred'?

No doubt someone will put me right.:P

tac foley

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

Hearing this used quite often, only this morning by Willie O'Dea and others.

He used a sentence in which he said,and this is not exact ,only to give the example .

"The AG also averted to that statement"

I always thought it should be 'averred'?

No doubt someone will put me right.:P

You are 100% correct.

'Averted' means 'avoided' by means of some kind of action, as in 'because of his bravery a disaster was averted'.

'Averred' means to declare or assert, as in 'Many scientists aver to the contrary but science is not decided by consensus'.

tac

Evan DietrichSmith

Not often I am 100% correct.

Now to start a campaign to make the great unwashed aware:D

Red Nissan

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

Not often I am 100% correct.

Now to start a campaign to make the great unwashed aware:D

My new word and meaning for the day.

I aver though, that I shall probably have forgotten it my morning time, to avert that, I shall bookmark this page.

Evan DietrichSmith

Red Nissan wrote: »

My new word and meaning for the day.

I aver though, that I shall probably have forgotten it my morning time, to avert that, I shall bookmark this page.

Good man now maybe you might tell your mates to stop saying 'left' when it should be 'let'.

You would be doing me a big favour there.:D

P. Breathnach

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/adverted

Evan DietrichSmith

P. Breathnach wrote: »

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/adverted

Thanks P, maybe you will explain what 'adverted' has to do with the topic under discussion

Editing now, P I see now what the connection is ,well spotted,maybe averted is a colloquial derivation of what we speak of

I am not happy with 'averted' though.

P. Breathnach

I wonder if Willie said "adverted" and you heard "averted". His diction is not the best, and I infer that "advert" is a verb that you do not use a lot.

Evan DietrichSmith

P. Breathnach wrote: »

I wonder if Willie said "adverted" and you heard "averted". His diction is not the best, and I infer that "advert" is a verb that you do not use a lot.

I won't say it's not possible but I don't think so,almost sure he said 'averted'
However now I can see where this might come from.

I'll keep a watching brief!!

P. Breathnach

Evan DietrichSmith wrote: »

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I'll keep a watching brief!!

A listening brief might be more efficacious.

Evan DietrichSmith

P. Breathnach wrote: »

A listening brief might be more efficacious.

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