Re: lexicon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elyse Grasso" <emgrasso@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: lexicon


> 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.

But do you vend?