New verb principal part?

James Smith jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM
Mon Mar 6 18:14:23 UTC 2000


--- LJT777 at AOL.COM wrote:
> One of my students recognized an elderly man at the
> site of an accident and
> stopped to see if he needed help.  She saw only one
> vehicle, however, and
> asked if the other driver had driven away or if the
> car had been towed.  The
> old man assured her that it had already been "town".
>
A collegue who was originaly from Oklahoma had me
confused for a long time as he spoke of men doing
their "tower" at work.  I finally realized he was
speaking of a "tour", as in "tour of duty".



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