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

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 9, 1998, 3:18
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". -- "It has occured to me more than once that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will." - "Lord Leto II" (Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert) http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ ICQ #: 18656696 AOL screen-name: NikTailor