Friday, February 23, 2007

Verbing


This is the Mansion House - where the Lord Mayor lives - built in 1730, in the centre of York.

One of my favorite sayings is "There ain't a noun yet that can't be verbed". Often the best verbers are people who don't know the rules. So a friend's five year old coined the word "desperating" as in "I'm desperating to go to the loo". And a Spanish client apologised for cancelling an appointment by saying "I am sorry but I was sicking all night".

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