[Ads-l] Verb or typo?

Barretts Mail mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM
Mon Oct 15 16:27:04 UTC 2018


lmao. Quick: write a blog post somewhere with l'esprit de l’escalier as a verb and then report it here.

> On 15 Oct 2018, at 09:15, Andy Bach <afbach at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
>> LOL. I didn’t look closely at it. My guess is that it’s a typo for
> “load”. BB
> 
> Yeah, I thought of that, and that it was more likely, just after hitting
> "send."  Sort of l'esprit de l'escaliend button.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 11:01 AM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com <mailto:mail.barretts at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> 
>> LOL. I didn’t look closely at it.
>> 
>> My guess is that it’s a typo for “load”. BB
>> 
>>> On 15 Oct 2018, at 08:51, Andy Bach <afbach at GMAIL.COM <mailto:afbach at GMAIL.COM>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hmm, "to old"?
>>> 
>> https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread <https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread>
>> <
>> https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread <https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread>
>>> 
>>> <
>>> 
>> https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread <https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread>
>> <
>> https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread <https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread>
>>> 
>>>> 
>>> I may old the dishwasher, but that's a big maybe. I groceried today.
>> That's
>>> more than enough.
>>> 
>>> as in; outdate, castoff, trash? "I had to old last week's spaghetti as it
>>> was moldy."
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 9:49 AM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com <mailto:mail.barretts at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:mail.barretts at gmail.com <mailto:mail.barretts at gmail.com>>>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Wondering whether there were other verbs like sutabaru (to Starbucks,
>>>> probably out of fashion now), I recently asked an acquaintance about
>> nonce
>>>> verbs in Japanese, and he asked around and said Japanese people
>> regularly
>>>> create them by adding the -ru verb suffix to a noun.
>>>> 
>>>> As to “to grocery”, it seems the word has some currency.
>>>> 
>>>> 1. to go grocery shopping
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread
>> <
>> https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread
>>> 
>>>> <
>>>> 
>> https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread <https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread>
>> <
>> https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread <https://community.babycenter.com/post/a66720760/anyone-up-for-a-cleaning-thread>
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> I may old the dishwasher, but that's a big maybe. I groceried today.
>>>> That's more than enough.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/1369861-here-s-to-life-and-the-angels-in-our-lives/ <https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/1369861-here-s-to-life-and-the-angels-in-our-lives/>
>> <
>> https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/1369861-here-s-to-life-and-the-angels-in-our-lives/ <https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/1369861-here-s-to-life-and-the-angels-in-our-lives/>
>>> 
>>>> <
>>>> 
>> https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/1369861-here-s-to-life-and-the-angels-in-our-lives/ <https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/1369861-here-s-to-life-and-the-angels-in-our-lives/>
>> <
>> https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/1369861-here-s-to-life-and-the-angels-in-our-lives/ <https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/1369861-here-s-to-life-and-the-angels-in-our-lives/>
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> I was met at the airport with hugs, wined and dined, groceried, (my
>> spell
>>>> check tells me there is no such word, but you know what I mean) and
>>>> plunked, along with my bags, safely into my warmed-up house.
>>>> 
>>>> https://pourhouse.wordpress.com/tag/san-marzano-tomatoes/ <https://pourhouse.wordpress.com/tag/san-marzano-tomatoes/> <
>> https://pourhouse.wordpress.com/tag/san-marzano-tomatoes/ <https://pourhouse.wordpress.com/tag/san-marzano-tomatoes/>> <
>>>> https://pourhouse.wordpress.com/tag/san-marzano-tomatoes/ <https://pourhouse.wordpress.com/tag/san-marzano-tomatoes/> <
>> https://pourhouse.wordpress.com/tag/san-marzano-tomatoes/ <https://pourhouse.wordpress.com/tag/san-marzano-tomatoes/>>>
>>>> Well, I had the best of intentions.  I was all groceried up and ready to
>>>> tell you all about a certain pepperoni sauce heard ’round the world, but
>>>> then Sunday happened.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2018/06/dawn-watsons-just-sayin-check-this-out-cnbnewsnet.html <http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2018/06/dawn-watsons-just-sayin-check-this-out-cnbnewsnet.html>
>> <
>> http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2018/06/dawn-watsons-just-sayin-check-this-out-cnbnewsnet.html <http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2018/06/dawn-watsons-just-sayin-check-this-out-cnbnewsnet.html>
>>> 
>>>> <
>>>> 
>> http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2018/06/dawn-watsons-just-sayin-check-this-out-cnbnewsnet.html <http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2018/06/dawn-watsons-just-sayin-check-this-out-cnbnewsnet.html>
>> <
>> http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2018/06/dawn-watsons-just-sayin-check-this-out-cnbnewsnet.html <http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2018/06/dawn-watsons-just-sayin-check-this-out-cnbnewsnet.html>
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> I fumble through my purse until I find a card that works, and end up
>>>> slinking out of the store, humbled, ashamed, but groceried, nonetheless.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://oursalon.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=6524927%3ABlogPost%3A244351&commentId=6524927%3AComment%3A244435 <http://oursalon.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=6524927%3ABlogPost%3A244351&commentId=6524927%3AComment%3A244435>
>> <
>> http://oursalon.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=6524927%3ABlogPost%3A244351&commentId=6524927%3AComment%3A244435 <http://oursalon.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=6524927%3ABlogPost%3A244351&commentId=6524927%3AComment%3A244435>
>>> 
>>>> <
>>>> 
>> http://oursalon.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=6524927:BlogPost:244351&commentId=6524927:Comment:244435 <http://oursalon.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=6524927:BlogPost:244351&commentId=6524927:Comment:244435>
>> <
>> http://oursalon.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=6524927:BlogPost:244351&commentId=6524927:Comment:244435 <http://oursalon.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=6524927:BlogPost:244351&commentId=6524927:Comment:244435>
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> There's a streak of brutal weather coming through so we've groceried up.
>>>> 
>>>> 2. to have grocery stores
>>>> 
>>>> https://finance-commerce.com/2014/03/making-room-for-hy-vee-in-metro/ <https://finance-commerce.com/2014/03/making-room-for-hy-vee-in-metro/> <
>> https://finance-commerce.com/2014/03/making-room-for-hy-vee-in-metro/ <https://finance-commerce.com/2014/03/making-room-for-hy-vee-in-metro/>> <
>>>> https://finance-commerce.com/2014/03/making-room-for-hy-vee-in-metro/ <https://finance-commerce.com/2014/03/making-room-for-hy-vee-in-metro/> <
>> https://finance-commerce.com/2014/03/making-room-for-hy-vee-in-metro/ <https://finance-commerce.com/2014/03/making-room-for-hy-vee-in-metro/>>>
>>>> As the Iowa-based supermarket chain prepares to expand into the Twin
>>>> Cities, some local market watchers wonder if the metro area is on its
>> way
>>>> to being “over-groceried.”
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://www.city-data.com/forum/urban-planning/2658947-grocery-stores-leaving-inner-city-neighborhoods-3.html <http://www.city-data.com/forum/urban-planning/2658947-grocery-stores-leaving-inner-city-neighborhoods-3.html>
>> <
>> http://www.city-data.com/forum/urban-planning/2658947-grocery-stores-leaving-inner-city-neighborhoods-3.html <http://www.city-data.com/forum/urban-planning/2658947-grocery-stores-leaving-inner-city-neighborhoods-3.html>
>>> 
>>>> <
>>>> 
>> http://www.city-data.com/forum/urban-planning/2658947-grocery-stores-leaving-inner-city-neighborhoods-3.html <http://www.city-data.com/forum/urban-planning/2658947-grocery-stores-leaving-inner-city-neighborhoods-3.html>
>> <
>> http://www.city-data.com/forum/urban-planning/2658947-grocery-stores-leaving-inner-city-neighborhoods-3.html <http://www.city-data.com/forum/urban-planning/2658947-grocery-stores-leaving-inner-city-neighborhoods-3.html>
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> North Oakland where I live is "over groceried" to make up a new word. I
>>>> literally have 10 actual grocery stores in my 3 mile radius in the city
>> of
>>>> Oakland.
>>>> 
>>>> 3. Nonce
>>>> http://www.queenoffree.net/2009/05/grocery-101/ <http://www.queenoffree.net/2009/05/grocery-101/> <
>> http://www.queenoffree.net/2009/05/grocery-101/ <http://www.queenoffree.net/2009/05/grocery-101/>> <
>>>> http://www.queenoffree.net/2009/05/grocery-101/ <http://www.queenoffree.net/2009/05/grocery-101/> <
>> http://www.queenoffree.net/2009/05/grocery-101/ <http://www.queenoffree.net/2009/05/grocery-101/>>>
>>>> If your answer is yes, then you my friend, have been groceried.
>>>> 
>>>> Benjamin Barrett
>>>> Formerly of Seattle, WA
>>>> 
>>>>> On 15 Oct 2018, at 07:28, Marc Sacks <msacksg at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Probably not a typo. Lately I've been hearing an ad saying "Around
>> here,
>>>> we
>>>>> Honda."
>>>>> 
>>>>> This led me to wonder how this would work in other languages:
>>>>> 
>>>>> "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.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Marc Sacks
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 8:57 AM Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
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>>>>>> Poster:       Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at GMAIL.COM>
>>>>>> Subject:      Verb or typo?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Web ad by Walmart:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Free Grocery Pickup
>>>>>> Change how you grocery and get $10 off your first order.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Mark
>>>> 
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