| Wiktionary:Requests for verification Sep 2nd 2011, 09:12 schtum (verb forms): remove, see #schtum (comparative forms) | ← Older revision | Revision as of 09:12, 2 September 2011 | | Line 3,084: | Line 3,084: | | | ::I thought it could be classified as [[Indian English]]. I will delete, if there are no objections. --[[User:Atitarev|Anatoli]] 11:15, 31 August 2011 (UTC) | | ::I thought it could be classified as [[Indian English]]. I will delete, if there are no objections. --[[User:Atitarev|Anatoli]] 11:15, 31 August 2011 (UTC) | | | :::'''Striking''', good decision. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] ([[User talk:Mglovesfun|talk]]) 07:38, 2 September 2011 (UTC) | | :::'''Striking''', good decision. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] ([[User talk:Mglovesfun|talk]]) 07:38, 2 September 2011 (UTC) | | - | | | | - | == <s>schtum (verb forms)</s> == | | | - | | | | - | Schtum originates as German for silence. It is used as British slang as in "keep schtum" or stum, stoom,....but, since it is an absolute, just as silence is an absolute, it cannot be very, most, etc. | | | - | | | | - | I have noted many entries in Wiktionary that create verb forms and plurals out of nowhere. See fish (with the plural being shown as fishes, which is just nonsense) {{unsigned|Pmayall}} | | | - | | | | - | : I will happily grant you that comparatives for absolutes, such as "silenter" or "more silent", sound a bit funny. However, the plurals you mention might well be valid -- "waters" is a valid word, as indeed is "fishes". I've generally heard the distinction between "fish (pl)" and "fishes" being that "fish (pl)" means more than one of a particular kind of fish, or more than one fish when kind does not matter, whereas "fishes" means more than one kind of fish. C.f. [[google:"a+lot+of+fish"]] vs. [[google:"fishes+of+the+ocean"]]. -- [[User:Eirikr|Eiríkr Útlendi]] | <small style="position: relative; top: -3px;">''[[User talk:Eirikr|Tala við mig]]''</small> 18:05, 31 August 2011 (UTC) | | | - | ::'''Striking''', since we don't have any verb forms of [[schtum]], including schtum itself. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] ([[User talk:Mglovesfun|talk]]) 18:09, 31 August 2011 (UTC) | | | - | :::I think I know what you meant, see below. [[User:Fugyoo|Fugyoo]] 22:15, 31 August 2011 (UTC) | | | | | | | | | == [[interruption awareness]] == | | == [[interruption awareness]] == | | |
