Re: Think, thank, thunk (was Re: Unicode character pickers)

On 3/18/06, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> wrote:
> > For some reason the ing(k)-ang(k)-ung(k) paradigm seems quite powerful;
>
> Because it's right and natural.
So clearly we should generalize it further.  Today I blink, yesterday
I blank; I have frequently blunk.
That's the plural, of course; the singular would be "Today I wink,
yesterday I wank."  Think that might run into some resistance in the
UK . .  of course, "we wang our way there" might run into similar
resistance on this side of the Pond.

Playing checkers/draughts: "King me!"  "I just kang you last turn!"
"I don't care how many times you've already kung me, you have to do it
every time I get to your side of the board..."

Of course, regularizing all of the ing/ung/ung verbs to ing/ang/ung
would remove the past/participle ambiguity in them.  "We strang them
up."

We could extend the other way, to, and make a new present tense "hing"
to go with "hang" and "hung"...

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>