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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: Any Discoverers? #42874 09/25/01 06:15 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 never have I seen "gist" verbed, much less made transitive. If you're going to verb it I don't see how you can help but make it transitive. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I get your gist #42875 09/25/01 06:52 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Is there another word out there that would serve in the place of the verbed "gist"? synopsize? summarize?" Abridge, abstract, and a dandy word I haven't heard for a long time "précis". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: précis #42876 09/25/01 07:16 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 In this case we have both nouned and verbed an adjective, but we done it out of a furrn language so it's OK. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gisting #42877 09/25/01 07:53 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 and a dandy word I haven't heard for a long time "précis". is "précis" a verb, or or is it a noun only? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gisting #42878 09/25/01 08:05 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Précis has been verbed *and nouned. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gisting #42879 09/25/01 08:15 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Précis-ely. Has left ze buildeeng. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Any Discoverers? #42880 10/10/01 09:22 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Max, I wasn't particularly impressed with the article. There really nothing new there. The essay at http://geobeck.tripod.com/frontier/planet.htm gives a much more thorough and much more amusing account of the science involved, plus other interesting matters. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter #42881 10/10/01 09:36 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel OP Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Any Discoverers? #42882 10/10/01 09:44 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England When it's finally spotted, I bet it's oblong and dead black ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Any Discoverers? #42883 10/10/01 10:44 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Keiva: Whatever your objections to the Discover story, the URL you gave is to an article by Isaac Azimov which makes no mention of the Oort cloud. 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