On Fri, 11 May 2001 10:10:32 -0400 Amanda Babcock <langs@...>
writes:
> On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 06:02:47PM -0400, Nik Taylor wrote:
> > David Peterson wrote:
> > > The first definition is "tending to suit or to give a
> pleasing effect or
> > > attractive appearance, as to a person or thing". "Becoming
> what?" That's not
> > > the response of a native English speaker.
> > It's the response of THIS native English speaker.
> This one too.
> I find the adjectival use of "becoming" so old-fashioned that I
> automatically
> assume the verbal meaning in a modern context.
>
> Amanda
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The adjectival use of "becoming" makes me think of the "bad pickup-line
joke":
"that shirt looks very becoming on you. and if i was on you, i'd
'becoming' too!"
-Stephen (Steg)
"Kai ka'ei a'amanateih."