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Chuck Buckner
 14 Aug 2010, 15:53 #96507 Reply To Post
Quote: Turnip, Saturday, 14 Aug 2010 10:11
I suppose a cliché's out of the question?


Seldom out of the question, rarely among the correct answers.
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Turnip
 14 Aug 2010, 19:16 #96527 Reply To Post
well, I think I'll anyway adopt it as my new chat-up line
Back to my roots.
sulcus
 14 Aug 2010, 19:35 #96533 Reply To Post
Quote: Turnip, Saturday, 14 Aug 2010 19:16
well, I think I'll anyway adopt it as my new chat-up line


Surely your chat-up (or chat down seeing as you are a root vegetable) is "Do you want to come downstairs and see my taproots?"
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Chuck Buckner
 14 Aug 2010, 20:46 #96542 Reply To Post
It is strange how word usage changes over time. Verbs become adjectives, nouns become verbs, and so on.
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sulcus
 14 Aug 2010, 21:43 #96543 Reply To Post
Quote: Chuck Buckner, Saturday, 14 Aug 2010 20:46
It is strange how word usage changes over time. Verbs become adjectives, nouns become verbs, and so on.


I'm not sure why that's strange. Verbalising nouns and vice versa (which I do all the time in my writing) near doubles the language at a stroke.
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Chuck Buckner
 15 Aug 2010, 02:24 #96555 Reply To Post
Quote: sulcus, Saturday, 14 Aug 2010 21:43
Quote: Chuck Buckner, Saturday, 14 Aug 2010 20:46
It is strange how word usage changes over time. Verbs become adjectives, nouns become verbs, and so on.


I'm not sure why that's strange. Verbalising nouns and vice versa (which I do all the time in my writing) near doubles the language at a stroke.


It wouldn’t be strange if one does it all the time. It wouldn’t be strange if one reads work where it is done frequently.
It is strange, as in different than what one has become accustomed to. Not that it is a bad thing, just that it is different, or strange.

Verbalizing words or vice versa or switching what is considered normal usage to something different is fine, but if overdone can be confusing.

You’ve probably seen this sentence. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Many usages for one word, in a single sentence, but strange to say the least.

I believe an argument could be made that verbalising nouns and vice versa could limit language instead of doubling it.
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