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#11
June 10th 08, 04:01 AM
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OT but too funny!!!!
On Jun 9, 9:05*pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Mystified One" wrote in message news 
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4...wnridgewl9.jpg Best be careful how you word things... How long has 'word' been a verb? Mary I remember that USE as long as i speak English ,,, mirjam 
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#12
June 10th 08, 04:02 AM
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OT but too funny!!!!
On Jun 9, 11:11*pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Richard Eney" wrote in message ... In article , Mary Fisher wrote: "Mystified One" wrote http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4...wnridgewl9.jpg Best be careful how you word things... How long has 'word' been a verb? Quite a long time according to the O.E.D. The first entry is dated 1205, and As a verb??? by 1836 it is used in the current sense as Mystified One used it. Not in England. Mary AHHH? So how come my ENGLISH relative uses it regulary ? mirjam
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#13
June 10th 08, 04:42 AM
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OT but too funny!!!!
Mary Fisher wrote:
"Mystified One" wrote in message news http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4...wnridgewl9.jpg Best be careful how you word things... How long has 'word' been a verb? PRobably for as long as "phrase" has been used as a verb. ANd that means basically the same thing.
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#14
June 10th 08, 10:15 AM
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OT but too funny!!!!
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Mary Fisher wrote: "Richard Eney" wrote Mary Fisher wrote: "Mystified One" wrote http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4...wnridgewl9.jpg Best be careful how you word things... How long has 'word' been a verb? Quite a long time according to the O.E.D. The first entry is dated 1205, and As a verb??? Yes. The section in the O.E.D. for "word (verb)" is not quite as long as the separate section for "word (noun)" but it's of significant length. by 1836 it is used in the current sense as Mystified One used it. Not in England. In 1205 America hadn't been discovered yet. The O.E.D. is the Oxford English Dictionary; when a usage is American it is specified. In 1737 Alexander Pope used it in a letter to Addison, referring to a quotation "as Shakespeare words it". =Tamar
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June 10th 08, 10:21 AM
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OT but too funny!!!!
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Mary Fisher wrote: "Richard Eney" wrote Mary Fisher wrote: "Mystified One" wrote http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4...wnridgewl9.jpg Best be careful how you word things... How long has 'word' been a verb? Quite a long time according to the O.E.D. The first entry is dated 1205, and As a verb??? Yes. by 1836 it is used in the current sense as Mystified One used it. Not in England. It was earlier: 1713, Alexander Pope, letter to Addison 14 Dec: "as Shakespeare finely words it". =Tamar
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#16
June 10th 08, 10:27 AM
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OT but too funny!!!!
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Richard Eney wrote: It was earlier: 1713, Alexander Pope, letter to Addison 14 Dec: "as Shakespeare finely words it". Sorry about the double post. =Tamar
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#17
June 10th 08, 10:30 AM
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OT but too funny!!!!
"Richard Eney" wrote in message ... In article , Richard Eney wrote: It was earlier: 1713, Alexander Pope, letter to Addison 14 Dec: "as Shakespeare finely words it". Sorry about the double post. No matter. But I think you should perhaps get out more :-) =Tamar
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#18
June 10th 08, 12:27 PM
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OT but too funny!!!!
On Jun 10, 12:30*pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Richard Eney" wrote in message ... In article , Richard Eney wrote: It was earlier: 1713, Alexander Pope, letter to Addison 14 Dec: "as Shakespeare finely words it". Sorry about the double post. No matter. But I think you should perhaps get out more :-) =Tamar- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - ????????????????????????????????????? What are You speaking about Mary ???? I think Tamar gave us an excellent explanation ,,,, Thank you TAMAR !!!! mirjam
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#19
June 11th 08, 02:41 AM
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OT but too funny!!!!
Thank goodness! I was afraid I had "verbed" a noun for a minute there!
"Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: "Mystified One" wrote in message news http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4...wnridgewl9.jpg Best be careful how you word things... How long has 'word' been a verb? PRobably for as long as "phrase" has been used as a verb. ANd that means basically the same thing.
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#20
June 11th 08, 02:52 AM
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OT but too funny!!!!
Mystified One wrote:
Thank goodness! I was afraid I had "verbed" a noun for a minute there! I do medical transcription, and doctors do it all the time -- "The patient was [medication]ized," "The patient was [procedure]ized." Bleagh.
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