- for example:
to trial
to gift
to medal (argh! worst of all, we hear this daily in Olympic season)
These are nouns masquerading as verbs. Nothing wrong with the language changing but these make me “S-Q-U-I-R-M, SQUURRUM”, as Billy Connolly sang. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzZzGxReXmo
Other verbs include those which are misapplied, such as “deliver” applied to policies instead of milK. If you work in government or business you will surely have a load of these. Let’s do a Dilbert en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbertand collect them! Send them to me, here at this blog
If you want to read more on the subject, John Humphrys’ excellent book, “Lost for Words” is a must.www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article498203.ece
