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

OK, Brits, make up your minds.  First you say "veg" must be an
Americanism, then you say that you say "veg out"all the time...

On 7/18/07, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@...> wrote:
> 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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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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