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     Re: Funny story about Russian   
     By: Alexander Koryagin to Mike Powell on Thu Feb 22 2024 09:22 am   
      
    > 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   
    >    
      
   Probably not but 'to fence something' is to sell it illegally.  'Jack fenced   
   thet Mona Lisa for 19million to another Fence'.  (the 'fence' here is a person   
   who sells things on the black market illegally.   
      
     xxcarol   
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