All Sides - Futility Closet

All Sides - Futility Closet

“Conjugated nouns,” offered by Ohio State University linguist Arnold M. Zwicky in Verbatim in 1975: I steal the keel. I stole the coal. I have stolen the colon. They choose the hues. They chose the hose. They have chosen the hosen. They mow the banks of the row. They mowed the banks of the road. They have mown the banks of the Rhone. I do it with the buoys. I did it with the biddies. I have done it with the bunnies. Mike Anglin took this up in W…