>From a linguistic standpoint, when a foreign word comes into english, it
usually is as a noun. When that noun becomes a verb then it truly becomes
part of our language. I read an article on this long ago as a linguistics
major in college (so it must be true, right). The idea was that the verb is
a more intense form of linguistic existence than a noun, in other words,
once speakers use a word as a verb, it has worked its way deeper into our
mental/neurological/linguistic pathways.
2c (still looking for the cent symbol).
Happy OMing,
Eric
>that nasty habit of turning every second verb into a noun
>> And remember, there ain't a noun that can't be verbed!
>
>Ergh! is right. When's the last time you went to an "exhibition" (noun) as
>opposed to an "exhibit" (verb)? I'm convinced that everyone goes to
>"exhibits" nowadays. I'm a Christian, but I refuse to "disciple" anyone!
>The list is endless; we're losing this battle, arent't we?
>JP
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