Subject: Re: bird-encounter verbs
Date: Apr 25 13:37:44 1995
From: Don Baccus - donb at Rational.COM
Dennis the knowledgable, in all seriousness writes:
>It was written (no names, to protect the innocent), "Yesterday I had my
>first Vaux's Swift of the year." Is there anyone else out there who
>objects to the verb "to have" to describe an encounter with a bird?
Hmmm, it's possible the person ate it...the other possibility common
in the vernacular is two perverse to contemplate.
It is a strange use of english.
-Don Baccus-