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To: CIB-173RDABN; lee martell; Alas Babylon!
I understand totally, that language changes and evolves.

Few people call a collection of musicians "cats" or specifically-dressed women "flappers" anymore.

And words like "niggardly" aren't used much today.

Fair enough...however...to me, Verbing seems like a lazy way of sounding smarter.

But then I bet people don't like how I talk. Nobody's perfect. So I'll use some perfect grammar in reply...


38 posted on 12/11/2021 8:21:22 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2 )
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To: DoodleBob

I don’t disagree at all.

I just know it’s utterly useless to get other people to follow our own language ideals, especially younger folk who will outlive us. But we will have our revenge at the end, when THEY are old and a newer generation comes up with a totally new stupid vernacular—that they’ll hate.

And Walken just needs more cowbell. He’ll be less cranky after that.


40 posted on 12/11/2021 8:25:22 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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