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Thread #57509 Message #939786
Posted By: Gurney
25-Apr-03 - 05:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: Nouns as Verbs: 'to summit Everest'
Subject: RE: BS: Nouns as Verbs: 'to summit Everest'
The man who first (or second, they won't say) summitted Everest could turn a phrase.
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"
What Tensing said is not recorded.
At risk of thread creep, is it only in NZ here that they have started to pronounce an E between a W and N? Growen, sowen, clowen, and even lowen for lone.