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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #209412 - 02/05/13 11:09 AM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: BranShea] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: 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?! Top #209417 - 02/05/13 01:06 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: tsuwm] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague As both Faldage and you were doing dunno's I thought you weren't sure. I think it's fine enough. Top #209418 - 02/05/13 01:15 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: BranShea] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass I think Faldo was being ironic(al); I dunno what I was doing.. Top #209419 - 02/05/13 02:38 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: tsuwm] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: 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. Top #209421 - 02/05/13 03:31 PM Re: Looking for a verb... [Re: jenny jenny] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3290 Loc: 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. Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8947 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222213 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members michor, Daksh1, geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0 8947 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 46 Guests and 3 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 65 LukeJavan8 53 may2point0 19 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 jheem 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8438 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6799 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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