Re: another new verb

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> friend of mine has just sent me a message using the verb 'to
> geek' . . . meaning presumably to do computer-centric things,
> or, in his definition 'lit means iwill have the net on and
> relax at home with a few bottles of red wine and a nice curry
> and have music in the background and sit on the net looking
> at what ever i feel to'
Looks like that word would be the my primary action when im awake...

> would it be strong or weak ?
>
> geek, [geekst], geeks, geek, geek, geek
> i geeked/i gaught
> i have geeked/i have gaught.
>
> i think we have to know !
Considering how English tends to manage new verbs, I believe
It would be "geeked" in the past tense.

> incidentally, my brother always used to treat the phrase
> 'have to' as 'haft to', and thus formed the past tense as
> 'hafted to'. still does in fact, and he's now 18. i suppose
> it's a bit like 'i used to', /'just@/ being negated as 'i
> didn't use to' (sp?) /'dId¬n? 'just@/ rather than 'i used not
> to', which my father would say.
I do it too.  Actually, I say both, (hafted to, had to), depending on
the action, or so it would seem.

Joel Heikkila
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jjh@rogers.com
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