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Re: Noun/Verb distinction (was Re: Keeping Track of Ambiguity in your Conlang?)

From:Jake X <alwaysawake247@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 20:14
> Probably all of them. "Song" sticks in my head as one > that might be a tad hard to use as a verb.
Because song is already a noun formed originally from the verb "to sing" with a vowel change. IIRC, this idea was a feature of earlier Germanic languages that English does not incorporate regularly.
> Padraic.
Jake

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Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>