>>>>This one just hit me today.
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>>>In other words, it didn't miss you? Were you missing it?
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>>>>If 'to card' means to check an ID, then does 'to discard' mean to not check an ID?
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>>>That one doesn't worry me as much as "deliver" does.
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>>Liver isn't a verb though, so there can't really be any connection between it and 'deliver'.
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>Once upon a time "card" wasn't a verb, now it is. So I'm still worried - will my liver remain livery and stable, once it becomes a verb too.
I'm afraid your understanding is incorrect. 'Card' has been a verb for many many years. But it had nothing to do with IDs. Carding is separating wool fibres before spinning. It's done using cards (oddly enough).
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>> On the other hand, 'taken' and 'mistaken', or how about this, did you know that 'gruntle' is really a word, and actually does mean the opposite of 'disgruntle'?
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>I did. Just like "to whelm" is, though nobody knows how to do it right.
Kudos.
BTW, this all makes me wonder (get ready for this one) - should 'understanding' and 'overlying' mean the same thing?
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