AA: Where is the "Nokia is fryin' my brain" label?
Mr Rot: Don't know what an FTM is, but yes, a subway can rearend another one, stopped in front. That's what happens when people jabber on their goddam' cellphones (or "text" -- why would that be a verb?)
Verbing? Oh my God. What is the world coming to? Yes, I do love English -- and that's precisely why I fight tooth and nail (a rear-guard action, to be sure) to preserve its purity and elegance, against the barbarian hordes who are trying to corrupt this venerable language with absurd constructs, such as "texting".
By the way, Mr Rot -- you tried at some point (I think it was Fall, 2006) to corrupt my mind by teaching me how to "text". Luckily, I managed to preserve my sanity, and not fall into the dastardly trap you tried to lay: I still don't know how to "text". Hah!
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Sounds like BS. How can an FTM rearend anything?
Hey, AA. I thought your flounce was a couple days ago. Welcome back. I thought you'd met up with n_a.
AA: Where is the "Nokia is fryin' my brain" label?
Mr Rot: Don't know what an FTM is, but yes, a subway can rearend another one, stopped in front. That's what happens when people jabber on their goddam' cellphones (or "text" -- why would that be a verb?)
Tecs, 'text' is a verb just as 'verb' is.
If you don't like English, may I suggest Russian?
Verbing? Oh my God. What is the world coming to? Yes, I do love English -- and that's precisely why I fight tooth and nail (a rear-guard action, to be sure) to preserve its purity and elegance, against the barbarian hordes who are trying to corrupt this venerable language with absurd constructs, such as "texting".
By the way, Mr Rot -- you tried at some point (I think it was Fall, 2006) to corrupt my mind by teaching me how to "text". Luckily, I managed to preserve my sanity, and not fall into the dastardly trap you tried to lay: I still don't know how to "text". Hah!
Hah yourself! You're now using 'text' as a verb (and I mean the noun form of 'verb').
Soon, you'll have an iPhone with a roach on your ear and be hollering at your broker in St Mark's Sq.
That will be the day.
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