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11 hours ago, Yiannos said:Also, is that the best name they could come up with? The Beefer? Am I the only one who has ever heard of the word beef used as a verb before?
Sorry to be the pedantic linguistic bore again, but "beef" has been a verb since the mid-19th century in writing, so must have been in use in the spoken language even longer.
1 hour ago, Yiannos said:Also, is that the best name they could come up with? The Beefer? Am I the only one who has ever heard of the word beef used as a verb before?
Sorry to be the pedantic linguistic bore again, but "beef" has been a verb since the mid-19th century in writing, so must have been in use verbaly even longer.
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