[GCFL-discuss] A Quote for Today

[Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List]

Jeanene and Siarlys, 
 
You both seem to be interested in words and their usage. I recommend your reading Richard Lederer's books just for the fun of it. I attended a lecture by him back in 1997, split my sides laughing, and bought five of his books on the spot! 
 
William Safire's "On Language" columns in the NY Times are great reading, too. 
 
Kay


--- On Tue, 12/30/08, gcfl-discuss-request at gcfl.net <gcfl-discuss-request at gcfl.net> wrote:





Funny. That is pretty close to the definition of "deviant" in The American Century Dictionary: " (adj) deviating from what is normal. The -ed ending usually indicates a verb form, such as remembered (past tense verb, not adjective), or called, or ended, or prepared. But the dictionary doesn't have "deviated" at all. These verb forms can become a kind of verbal adjective, as in "remembered garden" or "cleft palette." But then you are back to the same meaning as "deviant," the one I found in the dictionary.
 
Siarlys
 
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:55:34 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List" <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> writes:

No. I meant deviated.  It means 
adjective





characterized by deviation or departure from an accepted norm or standard, as of behavior.
Jeanene
 
 

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Subject: [GCFL-discuss] a quote for today


"There is always room at the top -- after the investigation."  -Oliver Herford, American Author 1863-1935
 
I found this very funny.  Do I have a deviated sense of humor?
Jeanene



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