[Ads-l] Verb or typo?

David Barnhart dbarnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM
Mon Oct 15 15:06:30 UTC 2018


Definitely a verb, especially with the source being advertising 

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> On Oct 15, 2018, at 10:28 AM, Marc Sacks <msacksg at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Probably not a typo. Lately I've been hearing an ad saying "Around here, we
> Honda."
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> This led me to wonder how this would work in other languages:
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> "Nosotros hondamos"?
> "Wir honden?"
> "Nous hondons?"
> "Anu hondenu?"
> Or how about Latin: "Hondamus", Or, let'ss Honda: "Hondemus!" (Assuming
> second cojugation, but take your pick.)
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> Marc Sacks
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>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 8:57 AM Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Mark
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