photosynthesis Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 a lot of my protestant friends use "fellowship" as a verb, but i've never heard Catholics refer to fellowship in this way.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 What's wrong with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgirl Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Fellowship is definitely a noun! As such, it probably shouldn't be used as a verb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tojo Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I've taken a few linguistics classes in college. It is a regular linguistic feature in Enhlish to us enouns as verbs, furthermore the way English works, you can pretty much do anything you want to so long as people understand you and you.......... In other words, fellowship can be a verb if you want it to be. Welcome to the English language..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theoketos Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I think that I am going to fellowship over here for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthsea Annie Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 [quote name='jgirl' date='Dec 20 2005, 05:38 AM']Fellowship is definitely a noun! As such, it probably shouldn't be used as a verb. [right][snapback]831521[/snapback][/right] [/quote] There are many words which do double duty as both nouns and verbs. Here are five I can think of without even trying hard: Run Walk Goose fluffy air extraction Stamp Just because a word is a noun doesn't mean it can't be a verb. And vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgirl Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Fellowship just doesn't sound right as a verb. You create fellowship or participate in activities that build fellowship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photosynthesis Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 goose is a verb? i don't think there's anything wrong with it, but my old roommate (earth's alien) and i were having a discussion and she was saying "I go to church for the P+W, the sermon, and to fellowship with other believers" and I was like "typical protestant--you used "fellowship as a verb" so i wanted to know if there are any Catholics that talk like this... it doesn't seem like "fellowship" is as much of a buzzword in the Catholic traditionas it is with the protestant tradition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 [quote name='photosynthesis' date='Dec 20 2005, 01:02 PM']goose is a verb? [right][snapback]831748[/snapback][/right] [/quote] You've never been goosed? It's when someone pokes you in the butt. Oh ... and I use fellowship as a verb, but then I used to be Protestant, so it probably doesn't count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photosynthesis Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 wow... they don't talk like that up here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I bet Theoketos knows all about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photosynthesis Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 being goosed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 He appears to know about all things goose-related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photosynthesis Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 like canada geese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I'm sure that would fall into his general purview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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