Comments on: Assignment Desk: Alliance for a New America, Rachel Mellon, Alexander Forger, and John Edwards http://overlawyered.com/2007/12/assignment-desk-alliance-for-a-new-america-rachel-mellon-alexander-forger-and-john-edwards/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ted http://overlawyered.com/2007/12/assignment-desk-alliance-for-a-new-america-rachel-mellon-alexander-forger-and-john-edwards/comment-page-1/#comment-10050 Ted Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:13:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5689#comment-10050 1) Facetious response choice 1: It's a perfectly cromulent word. 2) Facetious response choice 2: Do you also insist people say "inflammable" instead of "flammable"? 3) Serious response: I don't believe language is static. Verbifying nouns when there is not an existent English verb to convey the same concept is acceptable in my eyes. <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/demagogue" rel="nofollow">At least one dictionary agrees</a>. 1) Facetious response choice 1: It’s a perfectly cromulent word.

2) Facetious response choice 2: Do you also insist people say “inflammable” instead of “flammable”?

3) Serious response: I don’t believe language is static. Verbifying nouns when there is not an existent English verb to convey the same concept is acceptable in my eyes. At least one dictionary agrees.

]]> By: Peter Nordberg http://overlawyered.com/2007/12/assignment-desk-alliance-for-a-new-america-rachel-mellon-alexander-forger-and-john-edwards/comment-page-1/#comment-10049 Peter Nordberg Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:22:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5689#comment-10049 On John Edwards I offer no opinion. But "demagogue"? Not a verb. I don't care how many times it's used that way. To me, it will never be a verb. On John Edwards I offer no opinion.

But “demagogue”? Not a verb. I don’t care how many times it’s used that way. To me, it will never be a verb.

]]> By: Mac-101 http://overlawyered.com/2007/12/assignment-desk-alliance-for-a-new-america-rachel-mellon-alexander-forger-and-john-edwards/comment-page-1/#comment-10048 Mac-101 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:52:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5689#comment-10048 Forger! What do you expect from a lawyer, honesty? Forger! What do you expect from a lawyer, honesty?

]]> By: JJ http://overlawyered.com/2007/12/assignment-desk-alliance-for-a-new-america-rachel-mellon-alexander-forger-and-john-edwards/comment-page-1/#comment-10047 JJ Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:29:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5689#comment-10047 His last name is Forger... His last name is Forger…

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