Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] verbs
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In a message dated 9/26/2003 9:03:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Was just browsing messages and had to talk "bird"
with other "birders" (and, btw, to be TRUE bird-watchers, you have to
use the word "bird" as a verb...to bird...! ;-).<<<<<
I remember when I was little, my dad and I had a disussion about parts of
speech. Defining nouns and verbs and adjectives and all.
He said that all nouns can be made into verbs.----Like "birding".
I immediately said, "DOG!" He said that I was "dogging" it last weekend (a
three day dog show weekend).
"OK, TABLE!" "Well, people do that all the time in board rooms; table
this---table that."
I couldn't think of one word that could NOT be "verbalized" as it came to be
known. Can y'all?
~Kelly
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[email protected] writes:
Was just browsing messages and had to talk "bird"
with other "birders" (and, btw, to be TRUE bird-watchers, you have to
use the word "bird" as a verb...to bird...! ;-).<<<<<
I remember when I was little, my dad and I had a disussion about parts of
speech. Defining nouns and verbs and adjectives and all.
He said that all nouns can be made into verbs.----Like "birding".
I immediately said, "DOG!" He said that I was "dogging" it last weekend (a
three day dog show weekend).
"OK, TABLE!" "Well, people do that all the time in board rooms; table
this---table that."
I couldn't think of one word that could NOT be "verbalized" as it came to be
known. Can y'all?
~Kelly
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Heidi
> I remember when I was little, my dad and I had a disussion aboutparts of
> speech. Defining nouns and verbs and adjectives and all.weekend (a
>
> He said that all nouns can be made into verbs.----Like "birding".
>
> I immediately said, "DOG!" He said that I was "dogging" it last
> three day dog show weekend).table
>
> "OK, TABLE!" "Well, people do that all the time in board rooms;
> this---table that."came to be
>
> I couldn't think of one word that could NOT be "verbalized" as it
> known. Can y'all?What about computer? You can compute something, but can you computer
>
> ~Kelly
it? Computer being a noun that originated with the verb, to compute!
maybe that's the difference.
so...sofa...I've never sofa'ed anything. Though I have couched my
phrases in different terms before.
coffee? tea? "She was very drowsy that morning, so they were going to
coffee her, until they found out she was British. Then they decided
to tea her." hee hee
blessings, heidiC
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In a message dated 9/27/03 8:56:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
bunsofaluminum60@... writes:
computerized"
Coffee and Tea? You got me there
Teresa
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bunsofaluminum60@... writes:
> What about computer? You can compute something, but can you computerBut you can computerize something. "Our customer service system is totally
> it?
computerized"
Coffee and Tea? You got me there
Teresa
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In a message dated 9/27/03 6:56:33 AM, bunsofaluminum60@... writes:
<< so...sofa...I've never sofa'ed anything. >>
That broken leg sofaed me last winter. It's the only bed close enough to a
bathroom on flat ground I could use to sleep on.
<<coffee? tea? "She was very drowsy that morning, so they were going to
coffee her, until they found out she was British. Then they decided
to tea her." hee hee>>
On the Green Mile some people got John Coffeyed.
And people get teed off.
But I guess that's cheating. <g>
Sandra
<< so...sofa...I've never sofa'ed anything. >>
That broken leg sofaed me last winter. It's the only bed close enough to a
bathroom on flat ground I could use to sleep on.
<<coffee? tea? "She was very drowsy that morning, so they were going to
coffee her, until they found out she was British. Then they decided
to tea her." hee hee>>
On the Green Mile some people got John Coffeyed.
And people get teed off.
But I guess that's cheating. <g>
Sandra
Stepheny Cappel
How about I'm all coffeed out LOL
----- Original Message -----
From: TeresaBnNC@...
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Re: verbs
In a message dated 9/27/03 8:56:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
bunsofaluminum60@... writes:
> What about computer? You can compute something, but can you computer
> it?
But you can computerize something. "Our customer service system is totally
computerized"
Coffee and Tea? You got me there
Teresa
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Heidi
well, okay, but computerize has that suffix -ize
to table something, is to set it aside for another time; to floor
somebody is to make them stop and think, to blow their socks off; to
light something, to drape something, water something,
IOW, we're not changing the form of the word to make it function as a
verb. Computerize is an altered form.
HA! what about the verb To Swim...can it be nounified? LOL hee
oh, sure...he was in the swim of things...okay.
and all coffeed out is pretty much verbalizing that noun, I'd say.
grass. Can grass be verbified?
heidiC
to table something, is to set it aside for another time; to floor
somebody is to make them stop and think, to blow their socks off; to
light something, to drape something, water something,
IOW, we're not changing the form of the word to make it function as a
verb. Computerize is an altered form.
HA! what about the verb To Swim...can it be nounified? LOL hee
oh, sure...he was in the swim of things...okay.
and all coffeed out is pretty much verbalizing that noun, I'd say.
grass. Can grass be verbified?
heidiC
--- In [email protected], TeresaBnNC@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 9/27/03 8:56:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bunsofaluminum60@h... writes:
>
> > What about computer? You can compute something, but can you
computer
> > it?
>
> But you can computerize something. "Our customer service system
is totally
> computerized"
>
>
>
> Coffee and Tea? You got me there
>
> Teresa
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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In a message dated 9/27/03 11:28:34 AM, bunsofaluminum60@... writes:
<< grass. Can grass be verbified? >>
herbified
When "swim meet" is shortened to swim?
or when someone goes for "a swim"?
But all gerunds are nounified verbs: swimming is a thing
It takes a suffix, but it's a standard suffix. Suffixing is an honorable
thing (and makes a noun into a verb, or the verb "to suffix" into a noun, so
maybe gerunds are neither fish nor fowel, noun nor verb, or they're foul fish, all
of the above).
The infinitives of verbs act as nouns too: To swim is an honorable thing.
Sometimes.
To summarize (not a noun in that case), I'm probably ruining your fun.
Funnin' ya, but not answering the real question.
Hey, you can fish something!
And you can foul something!
But I don't know if you can "fowel" something.
You can towel something.
And you can chicken out.
Duck out.
Crane your neck. (Is that from the bird's action? I really don't know.)
Sandra
<< grass. Can grass be verbified? >>
herbified
When "swim meet" is shortened to swim?
or when someone goes for "a swim"?
But all gerunds are nounified verbs: swimming is a thing
It takes a suffix, but it's a standard suffix. Suffixing is an honorable
thing (and makes a noun into a verb, or the verb "to suffix" into a noun, so
maybe gerunds are neither fish nor fowel, noun nor verb, or they're foul fish, all
of the above).
The infinitives of verbs act as nouns too: To swim is an honorable thing.
Sometimes.
To summarize (not a noun in that case), I'm probably ruining your fun.
Funnin' ya, but not answering the real question.
Hey, you can fish something!
And you can foul something!
But I don't know if you can "fowel" something.
You can towel something.
And you can chicken out.
Duck out.
Crane your neck. (Is that from the bird's action? I really don't know.)
Sandra
Tia Leschke
> grass. Can grass be verbified?Stoned? <G>
Tia
leschke@...
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where
there is no path and leave a trail."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heidi
well, I've never heard of anyone grassing anything, either! LOL so I
guess grass can't be verbed.
LOL
let's see here...tabling, couching, flooring...LOL...that new
flooring on the floor was just FLOORING me!...swimming, egging,
watering, cementing,
but not grassing.
HeidiC
guess grass can't be verbed.
LOL
let's see here...tabling, couching, flooring...LOL...that new
flooring on the floor was just FLOORING me!...swimming, egging,
watering, cementing,
but not grassing.
HeidiC
--- In [email protected], SandraDodd@a... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/27/03 11:28:34 AM, bunsofaluminum60@h...
writes:
>
> << grass. Can grass be verbified? >>
>
> herbified
>
> When "swim meet" is shortened to swim?
> or when someone goes for "a swim"?
>
> But all gerunds are nounified verbs: swimming is a thing
> It takes a suffix, but it's a standard suffix. Suffixing is an
honorable
> thing (and makes a noun into a verb, or the verb "to suffix" into a
noun, so
> maybe gerunds are neither fish nor fowel, noun nor verb, or they're
foul fish, all
> of the above).
>
> The infinitives of verbs act as nouns too: To swim is an honorable
thing.
> Sometimes.
>
> To summarize (not a noun in that case), I'm probably ruining your
fun.
> Funnin' ya, but not answering the real question.
>
> Hey, you can fish something!
> And you can foul something!
> But I don't know if you can "fowel" something.
> You can towel something.
> And you can chicken out.
> Duck out.
> Crane your neck. (Is that from the bird's action? I really don't
know.)
>
> Sandra
Lillian Haas
In English (real English, not this American stuff) slang, "to grass" means
to rat someone out to the police.
Lillian
to rat someone out to the police.
Lillian
> well, I've never heard of anyone grassing anything, either! LOL so I
> guess grass can't be verbed.
[email protected]
In a message dated 9/27/03 5:01:35 PM, lhaas@... writes:
<< > well, I've never heard of anyone grassing anything, either! LOL so I
sometimes people gravel their yards (a disgusting practice, really; horrible
to undo), and having done that, sometimes they grass part of it. So as a verb
in opposition to "gravelling" a yard, people here might grass some.
I don't think you can 'grass' anything where the grass grows wildly
everywhere.
Sandra
<< > well, I've never heard of anyone grassing anything, either! LOL so I
> guess grass can't be verbed. >>Grass doesn't grow naturally in New Mexico (like lawn/sod kind of grass) and
sometimes people gravel their yards (a disgusting practice, really; horrible
to undo), and having done that, sometimes they grass part of it. So as a verb
in opposition to "gravelling" a yard, people here might grass some.
I don't think you can 'grass' anything where the grass grows wildly
everywhere.
Sandra
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In a message dated 9/27/03 04:03:19 PM Central Daylight Time,
bunsofaluminum60@... writes:
grass. Can grass be verbified?
heidiC
##################
You can't grass something, but you can get high. You can't leaf something
either, but you can leave a leaf. I was going to say tree, but dogs tree things.
Darin said bush, but I think you can bush your hair (make it bushy?). Moly
suggested pot, but you can pot a plant and you can pan for gold too. I think most
nouns can be made into a verb, either by changing the sentence structure or
by adding a suffix. Does that count?
~Nancy
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Elbert Hubbard
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bunsofaluminum60@... writes:
grass. Can grass be verbified?
heidiC
##################
You can't grass something, but you can get high. You can't leaf something
either, but you can leave a leaf. I was going to say tree, but dogs tree things.
Darin said bush, but I think you can bush your hair (make it bushy?). Moly
suggested pot, but you can pot a plant and you can pan for gold too. I think most
nouns can be made into a verb, either by changing the sentence structure or
by adding a suffix. Does that count?
~Nancy
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Elbert Hubbard
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catherine aceto
coming in a little late to this discussion, but driving yesterday, I saw a caution sign that said "Ponding may occur next 10 miles during rain." I assume it meant ponds would form. Weird word. I read it as "pounding" twice before I was able to figure out what it said.
-Cat
-Cat
----- Original Message -----
From: Heidi
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:59 PM
Subject: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Re: verbs
well, okay, but computerize has that suffix -ize
to table something, is to set it aside for another time; to floor
somebody is to make them stop and think, to blow their socks off; to
light something, to drape something, water something,
IOW, we're not changing the form of the word to make it function as a
verb. Computerize is an altered form.
HA! what about the verb To Swim...can it be nounified? LOL hee
oh, sure...he was in the swim of things...okay.
and all coffeed out is pretty much verbalizing that noun, I'd say.
grass. Can grass be verbified?
heidiC
--- In [email protected], TeresaBnNC@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 9/27/03 8:56:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bunsofaluminum60@h... writes:
>
> > What about computer? You can compute something, but can you
computer
> > it?
>
> But you can computerize something. "Our customer service system
is totally
> computerized"
>
>
>
> Coffee and Tea? You got me there
>
> Teresa
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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In a message dated 9/28/03 4:19:00 PM, aceto3@... writes:
<< coming in a little late to this discussion, but driving yesterday, I saw a
caution sign that said "Ponding may occur next 10 miles during rain." I
assume it meant ponds would form. Weird word. I read it as "pounding" twice
before I was able to figure out what it said. >>
This is related, but not so much about noun-to-verb, just the meaning of
words and that:
The signs in the mountain canyon east of Albuquerque say
"Gusty winds may exist."
Sandra
<< coming in a little late to this discussion, but driving yesterday, I saw a
caution sign that said "Ponding may occur next 10 miles during rain." I
assume it meant ponds would form. Weird word. I read it as "pounding" twice
before I was able to figure out what it said. >>
This is related, but not so much about noun-to-verb, just the meaning of
words and that:
The signs in the mountain canyon east of Albuquerque say
"Gusty winds may exist."
Sandra
[email protected]
In a message dated 9/27/2003 10:32:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
well, I've never heard of anyone grassing anything, either! LOL so I
guess grass can't be verbed.
LOL
let's see here...tabling, couching, flooring...LOL...that new
flooring on the floor was just FLOORING me!...swimming, egging,
watering, cementing,
but not grassing.<<<
I was rolling around in the grass---to the point that I have grass stains. I
"grassed" my jeans.
I don't think that qualifies as "stone-washed". <g>
~Kelly
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well, I've never heard of anyone grassing anything, either! LOL so I
guess grass can't be verbed.
LOL
let's see here...tabling, couching, flooring...LOL...that new
flooring on the floor was just FLOORING me!...swimming, egging,
watering, cementing,
but not grassing.<<<
I was rolling around in the grass---to the point that I have grass stains. I
"grassed" my jeans.
I don't think that qualifies as "stone-washed". <g>
~Kelly
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Bill & Diane
My dad's line was "Any noun can be verbed."
Diane
(Not that the verb will always make sense or be useful.)
Heidi wrote:
Diane
(Not that the verb will always make sense or be useful.)
Heidi wrote:
>
>
>
>>I remember when I was little, my dad and I had a disussion about
>>
>>
>parts of
>
>
>>speech. Defining nouns and verbs and adjectives and all.
>>
>>He said that all nouns can be made into verbs.----Like "birding".
>>
>>I immediately said, "DOG!" He said that I was "dogging" it last
>>
>>
>weekend (a
>
>
>>three day dog show weekend).
>>
Heidi
Hi Diane...
blessings, HeidiC
>Not I. I was responding to that post by ???
> Heidi wrote: >
> >>I remember when I was little, my dad and I had a disussion about
> >>
> >>
> >parts of
> >
> >
> >>speech.
blessings, HeidiC
Liz in AZ
This is a slightly different take on the question, but "to grass" is
slang in some dialects for a criminal giving evidence to the police
(aka "ratting").
Liz
--- In [email protected], "Heidi"
<bunsofaluminum60@h...> wrote:
Can grass be verbified?
slang in some dialects for a criminal giving evidence to the police
(aka "ratting").
Liz
--- In [email protected], "Heidi"
<bunsofaluminum60@h...> wrote:
Can grass be verbified?
Liz in AZ
Whoops, just saw Lillian's post!
--- In [email protected], "Liz in AZ"
<eerrhhaz@y...> wrote:
--- In [email protected], "Liz in AZ"
<eerrhhaz@y...> wrote:
> This is a slightly different take on the question, but "to grass"is
> slang in some dialects for a criminal giving evidence to the police
> (aka "ratting").
>
> Liz
>
> --- In [email protected], "Heidi"
> <bunsofaluminum60@h...> wrote:
> Can grass be verbified?
Heidi
aha! Grass IS verb! good to know :)
BLessings, HeidiC
--- In [email protected], "Liz in AZ"
<eerrhhaz@y...> wrote:
BLessings, HeidiC
--- In [email protected], "Liz in AZ"
<eerrhhaz@y...> wrote:
> This is a slightly different take on the question, but "to grass"is
> slang in some dialects for a criminal giving evidence to the police
> (aka "ratting").
>
> Liz
>
> --- In [email protected], "Heidi"
> <bunsofaluminum60@h...> wrote:
> Can grass be verbified?