At 13:57 23/2/2005, Chris (L) wrote: > (think of the use of the verb "to divorce" - people will nominalise it > to "this divorce is killing me" where the terms imply one has no control > of it, it has become a 'thing', independent) <snip> Hellooooo! I get your drift but, perhaps not the best example, Mr. Lofting. Divorce is a noun but can be used as a verb as in the way that you specify. (It can also be a way of life! Been there, done that.) From the Collins BFHCD Aussie Edition: Divorce n.1. the dissolution of a marriage by judgement of a court or by accepted custom. 2. a judicial decree declaring a marriage to be dissolved. 3. a separation, esp. one that is total or complete. ~vb. 4. to separate or be separated by divorce; give or obtain a divorce (to a couple or from one's spouse. 5. (tr.) to remove or separate, esp. completely. [C14: from Old French, from Latin divortium from divertere to separate; see DIVERT] -divorceable adj. -divorcer n. -divorcive adj. Or, as in my custom built compound pun word, in my saying / motto: "May DiVorce be with me!". Use DiVorce, Lofting! Use DiVorce! (There is only a Dark Side.) It's just so heartwarming to see my Decree Absolute framed on my office wall, mounted to the front of my old Certificate of Marriage. What's heaps nicer than a Decree Nisi? A Decree Absolute! Don't talk to me about divorce, mate. For starters and post divorce, my ex cost me $13,500.00 a kilo, in very round figures, and rising (in kilos and costs per kilo, so it's exponential). That's all I really want to say about it. HTH. Cheers, Micky G. Michael E. Granat (QGTWD) (FOTROTWYB!) T/as Write Ideas E-mail: mailto:writeideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: <http://home.pacific.net.au/~megranat/> Without Prejudice. E&OE. ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************