Re: Uzbekistan: not just a country any more

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From: Geoff Miller
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:52

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Meg Worley <meg@steam.Stanford.EDU> writes:

> [1] Pace, Geoffski.  Language has changed a bit since the
> corset days when you learned English.

Excuse me?  You've seen my picture; I doubt I'm much, if at all, 
older than you are.  Besides, I don't take issue with the way
you used "troll," i.e., as a verb.  My objection regarding that
word is people using it as a noun.  A person who trolls isn't a
"troll"; he's a *troller.*

Geoff

-- 
"I don't even buy the dictionary unless 'fist'
 is defined as a verb." -- Dan Hillman

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