2022-05-11 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – G – gorilla & guerrilla

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2022-05-11

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – G – gorilla & guerrilla

แนะนำการใช้ ตามที่ส่วนใหญ่ใช้ แต่ละท้องถิ่น 

ความหมาย อาจผันแปร ตาม ตำแหน่ง/หน้าที่ ในประโยค

แสดงรายละเอียด จากตำราแต่ละเล่ม ที่เป็นหัวข้อ ต่อไปนี้:

Ref.: http://www.gotoknow.org/posts/598462 and #683367

 

Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง gorilla & guerrilla & guerilla = ‘guh-RIL-h’

 

Farlex Trivia Dictionary:

“Gorilla” & “Guerrilla” = ‘guh-RIL-uh’

= Guerrilla 

is from a Spanish diminutive of guerra, "war," 

and refers to

a soldier of an independent armed resistance force; 

gorilla is the ape.

 

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree:

guerrilla

= a member of an irregular military force: 

They used guerrilla tactics to overthrow the city.

Not to be confused with:

gorilla  

          = an ape: 

It was the second time the gorilla escaped from the zoo.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Usage Notes 'Gorilla' or 'Guerrilla'?

Why do we often involve 

anthropoid apes of equatorial Africa in our talk of warfare? 

On some level the idea makes sense: 

gorillas are powerful creatures, 

capable of great destruction, 

and the new Planet of the Apes movies have been uniformly great. 

But the word gorilla 

as used to talk about human fighters, or their methods,

is actually a mistake:

the correct word is guerrilla.

They look different but sound the same,

so it's no surprise that those unaccustomed 

to seeing guerrilla in print might accidentally refer to Koko and co. 

 

Guerrilla (also less commonly spelled guerilla)

has been used in English since the early 19th century 

to refer to someone who engages in irregular warfare, 

especially as part of an independent unit 

that uses tactics like raids and sabotage to wear down its enemy. 

It's Spanish in origin; 

guerrilla is the diminutive of guerra, meaning "war."

Guerrilla is also used as an adjective

to describe things that relate to

or suggest militant guerrillas, 

modifying words 

like fighter, group, forces, movement, operations, etc. 

The word also gets used to describe 

less violent things that are similarly radical or unconventional. 

 

A guerrilla marketing campaign, for example, 

might use graffiti or a giant inflatablemascot.

The apes have nothing to do with any of this, of course

—unless your marketing campaign uses a giant inflatable gorilla, 

in which case you have a "gorilla guerrilla marketing campaign."