shunn ([personal profile] shunn) wrote2006-02-23 02:53 pm
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Tense and dangling

Would you say the past tense of podcast—and the past participle, for that matter—is podcast or podcasted? My vote is podcast.
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[identity profile] bobhowe.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Podcast. To my ear, "podcasted" sounds like a vaguely sexual term of derision. "Yeah, he thinks he's hot with the chicks, but he's just a podcasted old motherfucker."

[identity profile] shunn.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Ew.

Yes, the ear has it. Parallel construction with broadcast.

[identity profile] gtrout.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I heartily agree on both points. If you can say that you have euphony and etymology on your side, then surely you are unstoppable.

[identity profile] holyoutlaw.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Euphony, etymology, live together in perfect harmony.
Side by side on my laptop keyboard, oh lord why don't we?

[identity profile] shunn.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
ROTFL!

[identity profile] gtrout.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
::tries desperately to whack the earworm back out of his head::

[identity profile] shunn.livejournal.com 2006-02-24 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Who was that bitmasked man?

[identity profile] petal-pusher.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
If you use broadcast as a comparison, then either would be acceptable thought podcast, like broadcast, would be preferred because it sounds more better.

[identity profile] shunn.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It is preferred because it sounds better, or does it sound better because it is preferred?

[identity profile] petal-pusher.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
The egg, of course. Or was it the chicken?

[identity profile] shunn.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Parts is parts!

[identity profile] holyoutlaw.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
So the egg and the chicken are lying in bed, and the egg is smoking a cigarette and the chicken is looking embarrassed, and the egg says, "Well, I guess that answers that question."

[identity profile] shunn.livejournal.com 2006-02-23 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Stop, boss! Please! I'm dyin' here!

[identity profile] friendly-flea.livejournal.com 2006-02-24 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Boss, Boss—you're stepping on my best lines here!

[identity profile] shunn.livejournal.com 2006-02-24 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Be glad that's all I'm stepping on.

[identity profile] readwrite.livejournal.com 2006-02-24 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
I guess I'd go with "podcast" and the "broadcast" analogy, but "podcasted" doesn't really offend me.

[identity profile] shunn.livejournal.com 2006-02-24 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It would if you saw that podcasted old fart mackin' on the chicks.

[identity profile] markbourne.livejournal.com 2006-02-24 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
A podcast is a group of whales starring in Broadway's Blowhole: The Musical.

[identity profile] shunn.livejournal.com 2006-02-24 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
<groan>

I have to go krill myself now.

(Anyway, sir, everyone knows Blowhole is playing in the Village!)
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