tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823943.post5925675933257881133..comments2023-09-18T12:16:21.289-07:00Comments on Evolving English II: Nouny adjectivenessWordzGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04618408509448732889noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823943.post-51528260191795201482008-05-14T12:31:00.000-07:002008-05-14T12:31:00.000-07:00So I tried out the "no one wants to look dumb" sit...So I tried out the "no one wants to look dumb" site. I entered my name (Pat) and was amused to hear it call me "Patricia".<BR/><BR/>Especially considering that my full name is "Patrick".<BR/><BR/>No one may want to look dumb, but that site needs some more work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823943.post-18238702333885144752008-02-27T21:03:00.000-08:002008-02-27T21:03:00.000-08:00I've always heard from professors that this sort o...I've always heard from professors that this sort of thing happens most often in ads, but I've noticed (and quite enjoyed) a strong tendency for verbs and adjectives to become nouns in online language without undergoing the usual morphological processes. <I>For the win</I>, <I>made of win</I> and <I>made of fail</I> come to mind immediately. Even if there are attested nouns of the form (<I>without fail</I>), there's still something playful about the use that catches the ear.<BR/><BR/>It seems to become more prevalent as the participants gets geekier. I wonder how recently this sort of playful category-shifting has been going on? It seems like language play has historically involved sound more often than category.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com