Re: Googling

From: "Aidan Grey" <frterminus@...>
> --- John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:
> > A quick google turns up "I'd rather eat slugs"
> > as a common expression of revulsion, and *one*
> > instance of someone
> > claiming to eat slugs while on a survival mission!
>
>   I find the speed with which Google has become a verb
> fascinating. This is not the first time I've seen this
> on the list, in the last week.
>
>   I wonder if it arose because yahoo, alta vista,
> excite, and so on, already had meanings.
My guess is that it's because it resonates with other verbs in -gle (wiggle,
snuggle, toggle, boggle, etc.).  "Google" _already_ sounds like a verb, so
it's more natural to use it as one.   "Vista" was already a noun, and
"Yahoo" an exclamation (and a noun), which probably influenced things..  And
nobody uses excite anyway ;)


    *Muke!
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