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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! AnnaStrophic #172384 01/03/2008 11:59 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 One of the complaints, specifically about the word author as a verb, quotes Edwin Newman as wondering "if it would be correct to say that someone 'paintered' a picture?" I wonder if it would be correct to say that an usher ushed or that a tutor tuted? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Wordsmith" banished!! AnnaStrophic 01/01/2008 1:42 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! themilum 01/01/2008 2:48 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! AnnaStrophic 01/01/2008 3:08 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! Buffalo Shrdlu 01/01/2008 3:12 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! BranShea 01/01/2008 3:37 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! tsuwm 01/01/2008 4:23 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! Faldage 01/01/2008 4:47 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! BranShea 01/02/2008 1:44 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! bamboozler 01/14/2008 8:58 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! Faldage 01/15/2008 12:24 AM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! tsuwm 01/15/2008 12:45 AM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! Faldage 01/15/2008 1:52 AM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! AnnaStrophic 01/15/2008 12:54 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! goofy 01/16/2008 6:23 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! Faldage 01/03/2008 11:59 AM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! wofahulicodoc 01/21/2008 8:41 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! Jackie 01/03/2008 3:01 PM Re: "Wordsmith" banished!! morphememedley 01/23/2008 2:35 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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