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ray o'hara
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| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:23 am
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The Boston Red Sox TV play-by-play man just mention the game was being
"TELECASTED" around the world.
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Don Phillipson
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| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:33 am
Post subject: Re: Telecasted |
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"ray o'hara" <roh@comcast.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | The Boston Red Sox TV play-by-play man just mention the game was being
"TELECASTED" around the world.
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This specific usage is by now common.
Steven Pinker's book on language explained the likely
general cause. When in doubt, English speakers usually
make any verb regular, e.g. add -ed to make it
past tense.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:02 pm
Post subject: Re: Telecasted |
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ray o'hara wrote:
| Quote: | The Boston Red Sox TV play-by-play man just mention the game was being
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That'll be 'world' as in 'World Series' then.
I'll stick with my Strat thanks. I know a lot of people swear by
Telecasters, but a just find them a bit... boxy.
DC, checking out the Wallace and Gormmit movie http://www.wandg.com/
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ray o'hara
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| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:28 pm
Post subject: Re: Telecasted |
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"Django Cat" <nospam@please> wrote in message
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| Quote: | ray o'hara wrote:
The Boston Red Sox TV play-by-play man just mention the game was being
"TELECASTED" around the world.
That'll be 'world' as in 'World Series' then.
I'll stick with my Strat thanks. I know a lot of people swear by
Telecasters, but a just find them a bit... boxy.
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It was good enough for Roy Buchannon. |
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:10 pm
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ray o'hara wrote:
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"Django Cat" <nospam@please> wrote in message
news:xa2dnRf1QeZbw6PeRVnyvw@brightview.com...
ray o'hara wrote:
The Boston Red Sox TV play-by-play man just mention the game was
being "TELECASTED" around the world.
That'll be 'world' as in 'World Series' then.
I'll stick with my Strat thanks. I know a lot of people swear by
Telecasters, but a just find them a bit... boxy.
It was good enough for Roy Buchannon.
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A good man. Rory Gallagher, Jerry Donahue, Jimi Page on occasion,
serious players the lot. |
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John Flynn
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:22 pm
Post subject: Re: Telecasted |
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Don Phillipson wrote:
| Quote: | ray o'hara wrote:
The Boston Red Sox TV play-by-play man just mention the game was being
"TELECASTED" around the world.
This specific usage is by now common.
Steven Pinker's book on language explained the likely general cause.
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"Steven Pinker's book on language"? I love it!
| Quote: | When in doubt, English speakers usually make any verb regular,
e.g. add -ed to make it past tense.
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To make a less vague reference:
_The Language Instinct_ by Pinker contains a few chapters that make
reference to this phenomenon. But for a book-length explanation of
his idea (hardly an outstandingly innovative one, please note), then
his _Words and Rules_ is a better source.
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johnF
"Everything that is specifically human about our mode of awareness is a
product of our long-standing symbiosis with culture."
-- _A Mind So Rare_, Merlin Donald |
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