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Arielext

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From: Amersfoort, the Netherlands

Registered: 2002-08-12

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OT: how about making pacman a verb?

I'm pacmanning
to pacman
we pacmanned for a long time

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Xentac

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2003-01-17

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Re: OT: how about making pacman a verb?

I second that.  Except that I wouldn't put two n's.  I am pacmaning, they pacmaned, to fix that problem you must pacman this.

Then again... pacman doesn't work all that well as a verb 

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altair

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From: Canada

Registered: 2002-12-05

Posts: 13

Re: OT: how about making pacman a verb?

According to rules* of English spelling, 'pacmanning' would be more correct than 'pacmaning'.

Just a little note from someone who got phonics beat into her head with a baseball bat...

Angela

* Note: Yes, they get broken frequently, but if we're adding something to the language, we shouldn't break it any further now, should we?

Xentac

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2003-01-17

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Re: OT: how about making pacman a verb?

Sure we should.  That's the thing about languages (especially english), you just add what you want where you want to, and as long as people start using it, it becomes a word.  What a crappy language, eh?

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I have discovered that all of mans unhappiness derives from only one source, not being able to sit quietly in a room
- Blaise Pascal

hApy

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2003-04-13

Posts: 194

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Re: OT: how about making pacman a verb?

I will open a CVS repository that we can use to work on our Arch-related languages. We can have a seperate branch for the single n'ers and the double n'ers... may the best branch win!

Hapy.