Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site t4test.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!intelca!t4test!chip From: chip@t4test.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.cooks Subject: Re: Zap! Message-ID: <1290@t4test.UUCP> Date: Mon, 31-Dec-84 18:07:13 EST Article-I.D.: t4test.1290 Posted: Mon Dec 31 18:07:13 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Jan-85 03:49:46 EST References: <817@amdahl.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Intel Peripheral Comp Mfg, Santa Clara Lines: 13 Xref: watmath net.nlang:2300 net.cooks:3283 Summary: language flame > From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett) > Date: 30 Dec 84 05:08:16 GMT > > But formalists are still using the verb "microwave", though I think > it sounds cumbersome. Then again, "any noun can be verbed." While some might claim that "any noun can be verbed", I maintain that all generalizations are bad. -- Chip Rosenthal, Intel/Santa Clara {cbosgd,idi,intelca,icalqa,kremvax,qubix,ucscc} ! {t4test,t12tst} ! {chip,news}