A verbed noun

[Dave Wilton]

"HOV" is the east coast term for what is called "carpool" on the left coast.

--Dave Wilton
  dave at wilton.net

-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Carolyn S Lieberg
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:48 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: A verbed noun

HOV - High Occupancy Vehicle

not exactly intuitive



Carolyn S Lieberg
503-284-4972
www.carolynlieberg.com




On Mar 25, 2006, at 4:36 PM, sagehen wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       sagehen <sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM>
> Subject:      Re: A verbed noun
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
>
>> The signs may have been there a while, but I just noticed
>> them.  Along the interstate highways near Atlanta, motorists
>> are advised, "Enter and exit the HOV lane only at dashed
>> stripes."
>>
>> I wonder what percentage of the public will even know what a
>> dash IS, much less derive from the posted instruction (with
>> its odd participle) the image of a broken line, since solid
>> dashes are the default on current word-processing programs,
>> and they are what appear in print (the "broken" double-
>> hyphen dash being relegated to wherever all the typewriters
>> now live in retirement).
>>
>> --Charlie
>
> ~~~~~~~~~
> Huh?  Dunno about the rest of the public, but "dashed" is no
> problem for
> me,  "HOV," OTOH, is a total mystery!
> AM
>
>
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ^^^^^
> W stands for >:<  War ____Waste___Wiretaps____Witchhunts  >:<
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ^^^^^
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org