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[turtlepi1]

My boss is really interested in blueprinting words (verbs).
Basically that all verbs are contained within HAVE/BE/DO.

Anyway the reason I am posting is I am sure there are reading materials about this sort of thing but I am not really sure where to start looking.

Any thoughts?

[whatthefunk]

I dont understand....

[Swiss James]

Just get a blue pen, and don't write joined up- piece of cake.

[turtlepi1]

I feel like that on a daily basis.

The theory is

BE
HAVE
DO

Ok, now the word GO. Which of the three does it spawn from? In this example the answer is DO.

Then the word GO spawns other words in a similar manner...

[whatthefunk]

Jesus your boss has way to much time on his hands. How the *beep* did you get go from do? And what does it matter? Your boss is the third anti christ of boredom. Kill him now. Save himself and all of us the trouble.

[phaedrus]

It's a bit arbitrary isn't it?



For origins you'd best consult the Oxford English Dictionary. The big multiple volume one. See if your boss will spring for it.

[peppermint]

I'm not sure I fully get where your boss is going with this, but I got reasonably deeply into word origins and stuff in university. Trust me, this is not a project for a bored Korean guy and an ESLer trying to keep his job. Historical linguistics is kind of an obscure field but it's intense all th same.

[turtlepi1]

It's his life project.

He's been working on it ten years.
He's studied Philosophy, Mathematics, English, Religious Studies
at various universities in Korea, England and (maybe) America (I don't listen that well.)

It's a crazy system that I have no interest in learning but he is uncanny in figuring out which is the appropriate verb even in the ones native speakers have trouble in explaining...(His spoken english could use a little work but his Konglish is non existent...) and is able to explain exactly why...

[Mashimaro]

I'm sure it all makes sense after 3 bottles of soju

[Zed]

Can you give us an example for ones that contain 'have' and 'be'?

[J.B. Clamence]

"Have", "be", and "do" are Anglo-Saxon in origin, as are many verbs in English, such as "ask" and "speak". But how is it possible that Latin-based verbs like "determine" and "compensate" are based on Anglo-Saxon verbs? Was Rome founded by Beowulf?

Sorry for sounding so sceptical, but it sounds like your boss is a bit confused. A mind is a terrible thing to develop without help.

[turtlepi1]

[peemil]

I'm still looking. Can I get a "root" here?

[uberscheisse]

i would beat up my boss if he bugged me to do something like this.

"hey, i'm paying you around 2 million won a month, care to be my research partner in a project that amounts to moving sand dunes with tweezers?"

nah brah.

[turtlepi1]

"I iron the clothes, do the laundry and go shopping for the household items."

Why do I use do for laundry and go for shopping?

Under his theory by tearing apart go and finding the "exact" meaning of go (which is not the same as the dictionary definition) it's usage will become plain. While there is some truth to what he says it is sheer madness.

Everyday there is a new work he is working on and guess who he wants to bounce his thought process off.

I only work 40-70 hours a month (Classroom time) for 2.0M so I guess I shouldn't complain but I am required to be there for 7-8 hours a day. Sitting around is WAY worse for me than teaching classes.

Especially when I want to stick hot pokers in my ears every time he sits down next to me.