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Dear Loretta: Thank-you for your letter. It is always interesting to hear from someone with a similar background or interest. Let me answer some of your questions for you. I want to share with you what I have learned over the years in this business. I hope I can be blunt? 1) You asked:...

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Hello MrP History of English Gerunds (quoted from OED) The most notable development of the verbal nouns in form of -ing is its use as a gerund, i.e. a substantive with certain verbal functions, particularly those of being qualified by an adverb instead of an adjective, and of governing an...

Perhaps the word you are looking for is "clabber" Merriam Webster's Dictionary Main Entry: clab·ber Pronunciation: 'kla-b&r Function: noun Etymology: short for bonnyclabber Date: 1634 chiefly dialect : sour milk that has thickened or curdled Excerpt CLABBER Clabber is...

I think I agree, but coming from an area whose dialect has "somewhat" (pronounced "summat") or "aught" (pronounced "owt"), in place of "something", it's not much of an issue to me. Adrian -- b. England 1966; SE Cheshire -1986; Birmingham to date