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I subscribe to a few Freecycle emails (always good to see what’s on offer locally, and helps me to maintain a healthy, planet-friendly conscience… yeah, right) and had to do a double-take when I saw this advert:

Now, are they wanting to swap? Enquiring minds need to know…

Following on from this post, and the regular mention of all-noun headlines over at the BBC’s Magazine Monitor, I’ve noticed a marked increase in the number of “verb-ed” nouns.
Just today, I’ve received an email that claims to have “excerpted” a section of another document.
Anyone else got any good examples? I may start collecting them….

…or does Ray from the X-Factor remind anyone else of a ventriloquist’s dummy?
Cracking voice though.