Why "upset" ? It Sounds A Little Funny

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Ausjack Pillar of the Community Australia 841 Posts	Posted 02/19/2012 10:58 pm Just wondering why it's upset and not offset as upset sounds a little funny to me. hey bro my, what happened I found an upset coin and he was real upset so he did something like this so now I have this ya gotta watch those upset coins Sorry just coming from a place that call things that rotate offset not upset..still sounds very strange Edited by Ausjack 02/19/2012 11:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16857 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 02:29 am "Offset" would be ambiguous. An "offset-printed" banknote or postage stamp has had one or more printing stages misaligned, so I would imagine an "offset coin" to be off-centre, or a misaligned die. "Upset" in used here in its original meaning of tipped over or tilted. As in the old phrase "He's upset the apple cart". The word only later took on a more figurative meaning of having one's usually cheerful disposition tipped over or tilted. If it still bothers you, call it a "rotated die" instead. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Ausjack Pillar of the Community Australia 841 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 02:35 am done, thanks very much Sap. Yeah I've upset enough apple carts Report this Post to the Staff
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Why "Upset" ? It Sounds A Little Funny