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Re: [Conlangs-Conf] Witty slogan

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Thursday, March 9, 2006, 4:17
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:

>It's from the comic "Calvin and Hobbes"; here's the original context:
>Calvin said, "I like to verb words." "What?" asked Hobbes. "I take >nouns and >adjectives and use them as verbs. Remember when 'access' was a thing? >Now it's >something to do. It got verbed. Verbing weirds language." Hobbes >commented >"Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to >understanding."
I'm sorry I questioned it. "Calvin and Hobbes" is one of my most favorite comic strips. I still have one I cut from the paper, now brown with age, of Calvin making a cup of hot chocolate. Charlie