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- From: slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Slagle)
- Subject: Re: words that peeve me
- Message-ID: <SLAGLE.92Jul27145931@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com>
- Reply-To: slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com
- In-reply-to: dand@buscard.fidonet.org's message of Fri, 24 Jul 92 19:33:22 EDT
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- Organization: You wouldn't ask this if you'd seen my desk.
- References: <gate.BmwFoB1w164w@buscard.fidonet.org>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 21:59:35 GMT
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- In article <gate.BmwFoB1w164w@buscard.fidonet.org>, dand@buscard.fidonet.org (Dan Davidson) writes:
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- > -=> Quoting Morag Ni Shabhain to All <=-
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- >MNS> ... but the one that astonished me was a noun turned into a verb, used
- >MNS> by a telephone company representative, in discussing the problem with
- >MNS> the company's phone bill, when told me he'd be DIALOG-ING with me
- >MNS> about it soon !
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- > Then, what do you think of *verbs* such as "finalize", "destruct",
- > "conference"... ?
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- His stand obligates him to disapprobate these, too.
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