How do you like Kipling?

sionnach commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

Contrary to what one might think, bling cannot be placed on this list. Nor can fling or bring.

November 15, 2007

bilby commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

Apparently there's a town in England called Woking ...

November 30, 2007

asativum commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

A guy I knew named Joe would say he didn't even know her whenever someone found him listening to Joe Cocker.

January 23, 2008

roseandivy commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

Oh, drat it all! And here I thought I was first to this idea with my list.

P.S. What's your rules for this list, then, sionnach?

April 9, 2008

sionnach commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

@roseandivy: The criterion for inclusion is that the apparent past tense obtained from the 'verb stem' preceding the 'ing' should not be legitimate.

Thus, fling doesn't belong on the list because, in answer to the question: "How do you like fl-ing?", the response "I don't know, I've never fled" actually makes sense. Similarly, the legitimacy of 'bred' and 'bled' as past tense formats rules out 'bring' and 'bling'.

Obviously, any -ing word obtained directly from a verb is ruled out a priori. Thus, for instance, I wouldn't include 'dwindling', as you have done on your list.

Don't know if that makes sense, or is just overly convoluted.

April 9, 2008

gangerh commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

Does 'never landing' work for you?

As in 'I don't know, I've never never landed'.

April 9, 2008

mollusque commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

Um, sionnach, you might never have ceiled or stotted, but some of us probably have.

April 9, 2008

gangerh commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

nurburgring?

April 10, 2008

johnmperry commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

ding-a-ling

althing

June 30, 2008

qroqqa commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

Mafeking doesn't fit here, except visually.

January 9, 2009

sionnach commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

I've deleted ceiling and stotting from this list, mafeking as well, because - as qroqqa pointed out - it's only visually that it doesn't fit. In fact, it is singularly unsuited for this list, as the name of the town Mafeking actually spawned the verb 'to maffick'.

January 26, 2009

roseandivy commented on the list how-do-you-like-kipling

Sionnach,

I just wasn't paying attention at the time -- I get it now. :) Actually, I really wasn't paying attention - my list is only about collecting -ling words, because I think they are adorable.

February 8, 2009