Re: Re: Tages
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: Tages
- From: J* I* J*
- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:41:16 -0700
majorcanis@aol.com wrote:
>
> Perhaps a last word on "Tages"
>
> If one is not a native speaker of English, it may not be immediately
> obvious that Tages is the plural of Tag, and of course also means: label,
> select out, touch as in a sport.. It can be both a verb and a noun, but with
> the "es" it is either a plural noun or the thrid person singular verb. Tages
> can be pronounced like a word in two syllables as well as one syllable. If we
> have not tripped up on this one, even we native speakers of English sometimes
> trip up on some other seldom used expression or word, or some ambiguous
> construction. This characteristic of our Language is what makes it fun. Pity
> the day when we have an official language that is prescribed rather than
> described -- designed only for computers and not for iris gardeners. Till
> then, we will all make mistakes, hopefully funny and not ones.
I am sorry, I guess I am dense, I don't understand your point, but the
plural of Tag is Tags, and of tag is tags.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
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