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Mitsuo23 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
looking for a noun.
Hi,
This could be a slightly strange sounded question, but is there any noun that describes, like “walking through a wall”? Like, one of the scenes you see in the movie of Harry Potter.
I guess it’s not teleportation, and it’s certainly not warp or something.
Can you come up with any noun that describes this ability or phenomenon?
Thanks,
M
This could be a slightly strange sounded question, but is there any noun that describes, like “walking through a wall”? Like, one of the scenes you see in the movie of Harry Potter.
I guess it’s not teleportation, and it’s certainly not warp or something.
Can you come up with any noun that describes this ability or phenomenon?
Thanks,
M
Top answer
Typically languages don't develop words for impossible or imaginary actions. Some TV shows, like Star Trek, invent such words to use in their episodes and they become part of the language. But none of them ever walked through a wall.
- Typically languages don't develop words for impossible or imaginary actions.
- Some TV shows, like Star Trek, invent such words to use in their episodes and they become part of the language.
- But none of them ever walked through a wall.
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Typically languages don't develop words for impossible or imaginary actions.
Some TV shows, like Star Trek, invent such words to use in their episodes and they become part of the language.
But none of them ever walked through a wall.
Some TV shows, like Star Trek, invent such words to use in their episodes and they become part of the language.
But none of them ever walked through a wall.
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mitsuo23is there any noun that describes ...No, but you can make one up. I recommend "transmuralation".
CJ
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Or, the person, as befits the Harry Potter tradition: the person: he-who-walks-thru-walls, the ability: thru-wall-walking; the contest: thru-wall-walkathon.
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A famous short story by Marcel Aymé: "Le Passe-muraille".
[ Edited to correct the author. ]
[ Edited to correct the author. ]
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CJ,
What words did you use to make up the word? I get the trans -part, but what does the "muralation" mean?
Thanks in advance,
M
What words did you use to make up the word? I get the trans -part, but what does the "muralation" mean?
Thanks in advance,
M
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trans - through
mural - wall
ation - process
All Latin roots. Sixty percent of English words have Latin roots.
CJ
mural - wall
ation - process
All Latin roots. Sixty percent of English words have Latin roots.
CJ
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I struggled for over 30 years to understand what the phrase, " As far as I am concerned" means. Finally, I believe that I have a better understanding of it. Here is my understanding of it as far as I am concerned: It simply means, from "1. as far I understand. 2 as far as I know. 3 as far as I can explain..."
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