Conversate and basically

[Benjamin Barrett]

I guess because I believe it to mean the same thing as converse. Does it
have a different meaning?

Ashcroft used it so it doesn't seem like it would be a feature of a
particular ethnic group.

Benjamin Barrett
gogaku at ix.netcom.com

> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Beverly Flanigan
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 7:52 AM
>
> "Conversate" was used over a year ago by an African American columnist in
> our student newspaper.  What's yucky about it?
>
> At 09:05 PM 1/23/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >Conversate gets 668 hits on Alta Vista.
> >
> >It leaves a yucky taste in my mouth, though.
> >
> >Benjamin Barrett
> >gogaku at ix.netcom.com