Hoarse, four, mourning etc.

[Mark Mandel]

It may make no difference to the message. But

   - a *messenger **carries *a message composed by someone else, while
   - a *messager*, as I use the word (derived as a regular nomen agentis
   from the verb), *composes *a message and *transmits *it electronically
   without the human intermediary of a *messenger*

m a m

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Margaret Lee <mlee303 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> How extensive is the use of message as a verb? Messager certainly sounds
> more natural than messenger in trems of texting, but I can't see a real

difference between 'sending' a message and 'carrying' a message. In both
>  cases a message is transmitted.
> -- Margaret Lee
>
>
> --- On Fri, 7/2/10, Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>
> From: Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Hoarse, four, mourning etc.
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Date: Friday, July 2, 2010, 3:01 PM
>
>
> I use "4" for "for" in text-messaging, and AFAIK I don't pronounce them
> differently, apart from stress-related difference.
>
> Sideslipping: Interesting that you use "messengers" here. I would use
> "messagers", from the (recent?) verb "to message" 'to send a message',
> reserving "messenger" for 'one who carries a message'.
>
> m a m
>
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Margaret Lee <mlee303 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Do you think that text messengers, advertisers and others who use the
> > number 4 in place of 'for' make a distinction in the pronunciation of
> four
> > and for?
> >
> > --Margaret Lee
>

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