tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post4656807264920684918..comments2024-03-09T13:49:36.566-06:00Comments on Prairie Bluestem: Wrong VerbGenevieve Netzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-41849406245263866012008-09-07T22:42:00.000-05:002008-09-07T22:42:00.000-05:00Collagemama, "taking" (something or someone to a n...Collagemama, "taking" (something or someone to a new location) and "carrying" are so closely related in Spanish that the same verb is used for both situations -- <I>llevar</I>. Curious, hmmm?Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-43225457550246514502008-09-07T22:20:00.000-05:002008-09-07T22:20:00.000-05:00Mark, I think you're right. (And it was edited by ...Mark, I think you're right. (And it was edited by someone with similar experience.)Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-43348985085727349632008-09-04T21:33:00.000-05:002008-09-04T21:33:00.000-05:00Interesting about your "carrying the kids to schoo...Interesting about your "carrying the kids to school" expression. I've never heard it before. <BR/><BR/>Just got home from my school's annual Parent Night. The staff tried mightily to explain the morning car-line procedure for bringing children to school. We like parents to drive through the car-line (an odd expression, too) rather than park and carry their kids, or their kids' lunchboxes into school.Collagemamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818246340865714754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-31764089691768441662008-09-03T07:34:00.000-05:002008-09-03T07:34:00.000-05:00I think that was written by someone who never had ...I think that was written by someone who never had much experience with chopping or cutting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com