Pedants' Paradise

[Pabmusic]

Sometimes, he just liked to be difficult (like driving on the right). Hence "fulfill".

[And if he's not looking...]

[MrGongGong]

I am currently on a train
and the announcement has just been made that
"any customers who wish to leave the train at Kettering should move forwards as carriages J,K & L will not be platformed"

Shoes can be, I know , but can you "platform" a train ? (I guess if we were at Potters Bar this might be a rather frightening possibility )

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The use of nouns as verbs is increasing.
During the previous administration, Peter Hain threatened the House of Lords by saying he would Parliament Act them.

And then there's "texting"...

[Pabmusic]

The nadir will be reached when 'to platform' is used intransitively:

"The next train will platform at platform 3".

[amateur51]

I got off to a bad start this morning when some child (sorry!) on the radio from NSPCC was commenting on a new policy from Eric Pickles and she kept telling me that "local authorities will be incentivised"

Why can't they just be "encouraged" or more realistically in this case "bullied"

Where are you when we need you, Mr Orwell Blair?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Peter Hain threatened the House of Lords by saying he would Parliament Act them.

I don't feel well.

[amateur51]

I don't feel well.

Distinctly queasy here

[kernelbogey]

The use of nouns as verbs is increasing [....]

'This door is alarmed.'

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

'This door is alarmed.'

Well... quite!

(Though "alarm" is also a standard verb.)

[Don Petter]

I am currently on a train
and the announcement has just been made that
"any customers who wish to leave the train at Kettering should move forwards as carriages J,K & L will not be platformed"

That may make weird sense for the customers (who were presumably in the bar) but what were passengers supposed to do?

[Richard Tarleton]

The use of nouns as verbs is increasing.

We may need to workshop this

[kernelbogey]

We may need to workshop this

Where did you source that usage?

[Nick Armstrong]

'This door is alarmed.'

Played on by Tom Adès: http://www.thomasades.com/compositio...es_are_alarmed

[Flosshilde]

The nadir will be reached when 'to platform' is used intransitively:

"The next train will platform at platform 3".

Ships dock, so why shouldn't trains platform (although perhaps it should be 'station')?

[Richard Tarleton]

Where did you source that usage?

It's used in the acting profession. I've heard it more than once including in an episode of Seinfeld