Re: [Conlangs-Conf] Witty slogan
| From: | caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 9, 2006, 4:17 |
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--- 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