Re: eng and veg (was: LCC2: Meeting our Community)

In a message dated 7/17/2007 11:45:37 AM Central Daylight Time,
ray@CAROLANDRAY.PLUS.COM writes:


> > Similar problem with the colloquial /vEdZ/ (presumably from
> > "vegetate"), meaning "to think in a clouded way, staring into space,
>
> New to me - an Americanism?
>
> [snip]
> > there in the first place says to self: "Douglas, stop vedging!") (and
> > don't Britons occasionally use /vEdZ/ for "vegetables?").
>
> We do, we do - and not just occasionally, either.
>
Especially in the phrase "vedge out" (spelling uncertain).

stevo   </HTML>

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