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Raymond S. Wise
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:01 am
Post subject: A rare verbing |
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I recently came across an expression, seemingly very rare, which is
based upon the verbing of a noun. A Google search for "artificially
fragrance" turns up only two uses (the middle hit is not a verbing):
See
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22artificially+fragrance%22&btnG=Search
or
http://tinyurl.com/7v8s7
The first hit is the very same article in which I first encountered the
expression in a newspaper, which means that "artificially fragrance,"
the verb, would have had only one hit before the recent article.
The use in the article (it's shown within quotation marks) suggests
that it is slang or jargon used among florists.
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Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com |
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The Grammer Genious
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:01 am
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Raymond S. Wise <mplsray@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I recently came across an expression, seemingly very rare, which is
based upon the verbing of a noun. A Google search for "artificially
fragrance" turns up only two uses (the middle hit is not a verbing):
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In Google, try "fragrance the". Among many other examples, I got:
from the summer well which fragranced the fields of grass.
I gazed upon the violet field which fragranced the wind
The film that was released this past week has not only fragranced the air
with mush, but ...
a candle that gleamed, beautified, and fragranced the house
The seeds and the ruby sweetness still fragranced the steel. |
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Raymond S. Wise
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:01 am
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The Grammer Genious wrote:
| Quote: | Raymond S. Wise <mplsray@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:1130988042.475180.239500@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I recently came across an expression, seemingly very rare, which is
based upon the verbing of a noun. A Google search for "artificially
fragrance" turns up only two uses (the middle hit is not a verbing):
...
In Google, try "fragrance the". Among many other examples, I got:
from the summer well which fragranced the fields of grass.
I gazed upon the violet field which fragranced the wind
The film that was released this past week has not only fragranced the air
with mush, but ...
a candle that gleamed, beautified, and fragranced the house
The seeds and the ruby sweetness still fragranced the steel.
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Good point. Googling for "to fragrance the" and "naturally fragrance"
are even more effective in turning up verbings of "fragrance."
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Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:43 pm
Post subject: Re: A rare verbing |
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Raymond S. Wise wrote:
| Quote: | I recently came across an expression, seemingly very rare,
which is based upon the verbing of a noun.
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Rare??? Have you not heard "parenting"? For
some reason, "dumbing down" seems appropriate
here.
GFH |
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Raymond S. Wise
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:35 pm
Post subject: Re: A rare verbing |
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georgeh@ankerstein.org wrote:
| Quote: | Raymond S. Wise wrote:
I recently came across an expression, seemingly very rare,
which is based upon the verbing of a noun.
Rare??? Have you not heard "parenting"? For
some reason, "dumbing down" seems appropriate
here.
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I did not intend to indicate that verbings are rare, but that the
expression in question ("artificially fragrance") was rare.
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Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com |
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The Grammer Genious
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:29 am
Post subject: Re: A rare verbing |
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Raymond S. Wise <mplsray@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | georgeh@ankerstein.org wrote:
Raymond S. Wise wrote:
I recently came across an expression, seemingly very rare,
which is based upon the verbing of a noun.
Rare??? Have you not heard "parenting"? For
some reason, "dumbing down" seems appropriate
here.
I did not intend to indicate that verbings are rare, but that the
expression in question ("artificially fragrance") was rare.
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I think George was just pinheading. |
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