tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post2475520379014183027..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: Morphophonology in verbing: How much do you want?Mr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-4769208037261098912007-04-08T06:54:00.000-05:002007-04-08T06:54:00.000-05:00That's wild ... but a lot of us know firsthand wha...That's wild ... but a lot of us know firsthand what courses on the history and philosophy of science will do to a person's mind. I wonder if we could get that form to catch on?Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-80540493989205325012007-04-07T20:59:00.000-05:002007-04-07T20:59:00.000-05:00I remember a history and philosophy of science cla...I remember a history and philosophy of science class that I was in a few years ago. We were discussing <I>tension</I> and, for some reason, the adjective that describes the state of being under tension completely eluded me. I was left mid-sentence to back-form it and probably by analogy with some irregular past-participle verb paradigm, I came up with <I>tent</I>. This only elicited looks of bewilderment and befuddlement from the rest of the class, then someone yelled "It's <I>tense</I>, dude!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com