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

In a message dated 7/18/2007 8:48:23 AM Central Daylight Time,
markjreed@MAIL.COM writes:


> 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
> >
>
>
Since I'm the one who mentioned "vedge out", I'll mention that I'm not
English.  I'm very American.

stevo   </HTML>

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