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|    Alexander Koryagin to Mike Powell    |
|    Funny story about Russian    |
|    22 Feb 24 09:22:32    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 65d6f636       REPLY: 2094.englisht@1:2320/105 2a3b4a7d       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 kco 20240209       NOTE: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101       Thunderbird/31.7.0.       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0200       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-02-05              Hi, Mike Powell!       I read your message from 21.02.2024 15:28               MP>>> It can also mean to attach a message to a physical cork bulletin        MP>>> board, wall, fencepost, telephone pole, etc., such as "I posted a        MP>>> for sale flyer on the break room bulletin board" or "I posted the        MP>>> lost pet flyers to several phone poles in the neighborhood."               ak>> I see. And indeed any noun in English can be converted into a        ak>> verb. So, if we ve a lamp post we can post a message. ;-)               MP> This is correct. ;) There are some nouns that convert to verbs        MP> better than others, but that has never stopped (American) English        MP> speakers from trying to convert them all.              Can we fence a message? :)              Bye, Mike!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2024              ---        * Origin: news://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 15/0 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 128/260       SEEN-BY: 129/305 135/225 153/757 7715 154/10 214/22 218/0 1 215 601       SEEN-BY: 218/700 720 840 850 860 870 880 930 221/1 6 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 112 113 206 307 317 426 428 470 664 700 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 266/512 282/1038 291/111 301/1 113 320/219 322/757 335/364       SEEN-BY: 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 460/58 712/848 5020/400 1042 5075/35       PATH: 221/6 301/1 218/700 229/426           |
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