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Re: lexicon

From:Elyse Grasso <emgrasso@...>
Date:Thursday, May 29, 2003, 21:59
On Thursday 29 May 2003 12:42 pm, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> Joe wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tristan McLeay" <kesuari@...> > >To: <CONLANG@...> > >Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:19 PM > >Subject: Re: lexicon > > > > > > > > > >>JS Bangs wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>How about the distinction between "sell" and "vend"? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Vending machines vend, people sell :) > >> > >> > > > >I've never actually heard 'vend' used as a verb. Maybe I just don't
get out
> >enough... > > > > > Nah, I only sometimes use it as a jocular backformation of 'vending > machine'. > > -- > Tristan <kesuari@...> > >
I spend many summer saturdays as a vendor at the local farmers' market. -- Elyse Grasso The World of Cherani Station www.data-raptors.com/cherani/index.html Cherani Tradespeech www.data-raptors.com/cherani/tradespeech.html

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