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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 #209412 - 02/05/13 04:09 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: BranShea]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass "Currently, only 20 per cent of the water pumped from the Tucson basin to water the city is being replaced by rainwater." not much room for misunderstanding this though, is there?! #209417 - 02/05/13 06:06 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: tsuwm]   Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague As both Faldage and you were doing dunno's I thought you weren't sure. I think it's fine enough. #209418 - 02/05/13 06:15 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: BranShea]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass I think Faldo was being ironic(al); I dunno what I was doing.. #209419 - 02/05/13 07:38 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: tsuwm]   Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Uh, all fresh water was once rainwater. The difficulty lies within Dan133's question. Dan wants to apply a general term for a specific action. That word doesn't seem to exist. So Dan, therefore, must make up a word to serve his concept. If it floats it will become boat, as they say. #209421 - 02/05/13 08:31 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: jenny jenny]   Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh That word doesn't seem to exist. So Dan, therefore, must make up a word to serve his concept. If it floats it will become boat, as they say. Not necessarily. He could just use a phrase, like "to supply water to" or the like. Not everything requires its own word. Believe you me, if a single verb ever becomes necessary, one will get coined, but it seems no great need exists for the nonce. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,878 Posts223,860 Members9,013 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ahmed, KathrynH, Waqar_Ali, brecht, Akintola 9013 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 35 guests, and 2 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 56 LukeJavan8 26 A C Bowden 22 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 8,961 wofahulicodoc 7,453 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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