by Tdarcos » Wed May 12, 2021 2:06 am
pinback wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 12:37 pm
USING NOUNS AS VERBS.... these people [deserve] being locked up for ten consecutive life sentences,
So, I guess you feel these people have committed...
word crimes? So, you think they shouldn't
verb that way? Let me ask you this, is it wrong for me to use the word "verb" as one?
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 2:43 pmESPN started doing that ... fucktard... how [can we] eliminate these people from our society[?]
What would you suggest? The iron maiden? Guillotine?
That's another one. The term "guillotine" is a noun, after its inventor, Monseur Guillotine of France. Would it be wrong to say a person executed using it was "guillotined"? "Beheaded" might not be precise enough; a botched hanging can decapitate someone, and cutting their head off with a sword would behead them too.
Is it wrong to ask someone who used a knife on someone, "why did you
knife them?"
Can we use the Gas Chamber (not yours, Flack!) on people who verb nouns? Can we say its fair when someone uses a noun as a verb, that we are going to use lethal gas in order to
gas them?
Jizaboz wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 3:37 pm
I absolutely cannot stand this
What? The word "stand" as in "lemonade stand" is a noun. Why are you using that noun as a verb? I really can't allow you to
shit on the language in the very same way as you are complaining. Oh, wait, "shit" is a noun. Now you've got me doing it!
AArdvark wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 4:33 pm
I think the trend is idiotic even if the language is evolving, it could certainly evolve in a better direction.
Okay, well how about the reverse, nouning of verbs? I suspect "evolve" has been used as the name of a product or service, turning it into a noun. Is nouning a verb also a crime? If so, is it as bad as verbing a noun? If verbing a noun is a felony word crime, what is nouning a verb considered to be, say, just a misdemeanor?
Jizaboz wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 3:37 pm
I absolutely cannot stand this
Neither could Sir Elton John; he wrote a song "I can't stand it" to say so.
Oh wait, it's "I'm still standing." Never mind, ignore this song.
[quote=pinback post_id=120615 time=1620070679 user_id=5]
[b][i]USING NOUNS AS VERBS.[/i][/b]... these people [deserve] being locked up for ten consecutive life sentences, [/quote]
So, I guess you feel these people have committed... [i][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc]word crimes[/url][/i]? So, you think they shouldn't [i]verb[/i] that way? Let me ask you this, is it wrong for me to use the word "verb" as one?
[quote="Ice Cream Jonsey" post_id=120617 time=1620078218 user_id=3]ESPN started doing that ... fucktard... how [can we] eliminate these people from our society[?][/quote]
What would you suggest? The iron maiden? Guillotine?
That's another one. The term "guillotine" is a noun, after its inventor, Monseur Guillotine of France. Would it be wrong to say a person executed using it was "guillotined"? "Beheaded" might not be precise enough; a botched hanging can decapitate someone, and cutting their head off with a sword would behead them too.
Is it wrong to ask someone who used a knife on someone, "why did you [i]knife[/i] them?"
Can we use the Gas Chamber (not yours, Flack!) on people who verb nouns? Can we say its fair when someone uses a noun as a verb, that we are going to use lethal gas in order to [i]gas[/i] them?
[quote=Jizaboz post_id=120622 time=1620081425 user_id=910]
I absolutely cannot stand this[/quote]
What? The word "stand" as in "lemonade stand" is a noun. Why are you using that noun as a verb? I really can't allow you to [i]shit[/i] on the language in the very same way as you are complaining. Oh, wait, "shit" is a noun. Now you've got me doing it!
[quote=AArdvark post_id=120630 time=1620084799 user_id=20]
I think the trend is idiotic even if the language is evolving, it could certainly evolve in a better direction.
[/quote]
Okay, well how about the reverse, nouning of verbs? I suspect "evolve" has been used as the name of a product or service, turning it into a noun. Is nouning a verb also a crime? If so, is it as bad as verbing a noun? If verbing a noun is a felony word crime, what is nouning a verb considered to be, say, just a misdemeanor?
[quote=Jizaboz post_id=120622 time=1620081425 user_id=910]
I absolutely cannot stand this[/quote]
Neither could Sir Elton John; he wrote a song "I can't stand it" to say so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwVBirqD2s
Oh wait, it's "I'm still standing." Never mind, ignore this song.