The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77634 Message #1388192
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
25-Jan-05 - 12:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: Perhaps a Grouse?
Subject: RE: BS: Perhaps a Grouse?
I've just stepped over the big, yellowed dictionary, where I looked up "frequentative". (See Teresa's post above.) A frequentative verb is one which expresses repeated action. A rough English equivalent would be "it keeps sticking."
Some grousing is frequentative, some is not.
Why not a capercaillie as a mascot? Suitable for those who indulge in capers and like caillies.