Phone conversation earlier today (not exact, but close):

Dad - Hey.
Me - Hey.
Dad - Guess what.
Me - Huh?
Dad - It's finally broken in.
Me - Already?
Dad - Ya.
Me - So how fast is it?
Dad - Heh - sickeningly fast. Today on the Beltway I floored it for the first time and when I let off the gas it made me sick to the stomach.
Me - [laughing out loud] Are you serious? How fast were you going?
Dad - Ya, I think I was at around 60 when I floored it; didn't stop until 140-something.
Me - Holy shit! One FORty?
Dad - Haha ya.
Me - So it really made you sick? Like nauseous?
Dad - Uh huh. It's the compression from the acceleration - your chest is just pressed into the seat and then when you let off, everything releases so suddenly. It reminds me of the old Twin Turbo.
Me - Is it faster than than the 300ZX?
Dad - Of shit ya. I literally laugh everytime I give it gas. You know how in your car, when you want to pass you have to drop 2 gears?
Me - Ya.
Dad - Well in my car, I just twitch my right foot.
Me - Ya, shut up.


And then we talk more for another few minutes about the car.



And I still haven't driven it (or even seen it in person).

 

Nauseous means you make other people feel sick; hydrogen sulfide is nauseous.

Nauseated means you feel sick.

 

grrr

 

wow, thanks for that morsel.

 

Good stuff!

 

cool

 

Yeah, but how's it do around orange cones?

 

Sorry Bill, but nauseous means affect with or causing nausea (haven't we had this discussion before ?????) ..... I hate to stand up for Alex but he was correct and you are wrong !!!

 

from the american heritage dictionary at www.dictionary.com
[QUOTE]

 

From the Oxford ENGLISH Dictionary .....

Just because 72% of people don't know the language properly doesn't mean that they are correct !!!!!