Two (Cultural) Signs of the End

1. Nouning verbs.
2. Verbing nouns.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
1. Nouning verbs.
2. Verbing nouns.

Nouning...nouning...such a woody word! Not tinny at all!

*Shrieks, runs from the room*

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(mildly "offensive" words included, but nothing worth a warning I hope)

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
1. Nouning verbs.
2. Verbing nouns.

yes. we do need to stop all this nouning and verbing...wait.. 😛

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
1. Nouning verbs.
2. Verbing nouns.

Lanuages are living things. Describe them by all means - and revel in their ingenuity and restlessness - but please spare us the prescriptions.

Originally posted by FMF
Lanuages are living things. Describe them by all means - and revel in their ingenuity and restlessness - but please spare us the prescriptions.

Agreed: some languages are living things. That being said, when degradation sets in to such a degree that definitions become meaningless, well, it's not a good sign--- especially in light of our dependence upon language for the propagation of our culture.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Awhen degradation sets in to such a degree that definitions become meaningless, well, it's not a good sign--- especially in light of our dependence upon language for the propagation of our culture.

The relatively recent trends of "nouning verbs" and "verbing nouns" are not degradations. In what way do either of these inventive and effective ways of creating apt and vivid vocabulary damage "the propagation of our culture"? Surely these linguistic trends ARE "the propagation of our culture"?

Originally posted by FMF
The relatively recent trends of "nouning verbs" and "verbing nouns" are not degradations. In what way do either of these inventive and effective ways of creating apt and vivid vocabulary damage "the propagation of our culture"? Surely these linguistic trends ARE "the propagation of our culture"?

If they're not degradations, how would you describe them, exactly? Clarity-invoking innovations? I think not. Instead, I submit it qualifies as slang. Slang isn't necessarily all bad, but there comes a critical mass point wherein the profane outweighs the profound: what then?

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
If they're not degradations, how would you describe them, exactly? Clarity-invoking innovations? I think not. Instead, I submit it qualifies as slang. Slang isn't necessarily all bad, but there comes a critical mass point wherein the profane outweighs the profound: what then?

the English language is more than sufficient (and will continue to be so) for those who wish to provide profound, well-written thought and literature.

as for the rest, you could provide them with the English of Shakespeare, and any of their empty gibberish would be just as empty.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
If they're not degradations, how would you describe them, exactly?

I would describe them as 'not degradations'.

Originally posted by FMF
I would describe them as 'not degradations'.

Some people have a way with the English language and some people... not have way, I guess.

Yaka-Wow!

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Some people have a way with the English language and some people... not have way, I guess.

Some people are waying with the English speak.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Some people are waying with the English speak.

Of course: it's the English way.

Originally posted by FMF
Lanuages are living things. Describe them by all means - and revel in their ingenuity and restlessness - but please spare us the prescriptions.

I agree wholeheartedly, but try telling that to the French! 😵

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
1. Nouning verbs.
2. Verbing nouns.

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