Re: CHAT drinking soup: (was: Malat (on behalf of Garrett))

Laurie Gerholz wrote:
> I'll point out a distinction here -- in my example of the frat party, I
> was picturing the poor pledge being bodily held down, and his nose held
> so he had to swallow the beer. The pledge did not voluntarily act to
> take the liquid, so it was not "to drink".
Hmm, interesting scenario.  I really don't know what verb I'd use.
Definitely not swallow, even tho I'd use "swallow" to mean accidentaly
ingestion of water while swimming.  I'd probably say "they forced beer
down his throat" or something similar, completely avoiding putting the
pledge into the subject role.

This certainly is becoming a lot more complex.  So, here's my revised
definition for myself:
To ingest a non-medicinal liquid substance with some degree of volition.

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