[Magdalen] "Poor Little Old Rhode Island."
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Cantor03 at aol.com
Mon Jul 11 12:50:26 UTC 2016
In a message dated 7/11/2016 6:36:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
michaudme at gmail.com writes:
Truck was a verb that was nouned.
Originally it meant to drag or carry or convey.
Over time it began to refer to that which was conveyed.
And then to the conveyance itself.>>>>>>>>>
English does this a lot. I wonder if that will eventually
happen with the verb borrowed from Yiddish - "schlep?"
David S.
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