Re: CHAT drinking soup: (was: Malat (on behalf of Garrett))
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 9, 1998, 3:18 |
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Eric Christopherson wrote:
> What dialect of English is this? I've never heard of "drink" being
> used that way outside of this list.
What do you mean? Do you "drink" medicine? Would you say that someone
can "drink" poison, or soup, or cigarettes, or anything other than
beverages, like water, soda, alcohol, etc.? I've always heard it used
in the way I've defined, "substances intended to be taken for sustaining
life".
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