Comments on: What clothes smell like http://noncompositional.com/2007/02/what-clothes-smell-like/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:04:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Russell http://noncompositional.com/2007/02/what-clothes-smell-like/comment-page-1/#comment-10118 Russell Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:55:38 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2007/02/what-clothes-smell-like/#comment-10118 <p>"Regular" seems to pattern with "new" and "normal". I wasn't expecting it when I searched, but examples seemed normal enough to warrant inclusion. Could be more of a British thing.</p> <p>"i need to get a new computer before we can start talking like regular again." (myspace)</p> <p>That first group also can appear after "to", as in "back to normal/regular"; maybe they have some other noun-like distributions.</p> <p>"Then when you exit, just do a few 'Ctrl'+'Alt'+'-', and you will be back to regular again. =)" (<a href="http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=187120" rel="nofollow">linuxquestions.org</a>)</p> “Regular” seems to pattern with “new” and “normal”. I wasn’t expecting it when I searched, but examples seemed normal enough to warrant inclusion. Could be more of a British thing.

“i need to get a new computer before we can start talking like regular again.” (myspace)

That first group also can appear after “to”, as in “back to normal/regular”; maybe they have some other noun-like distributions.

“Then when you exit, just do a few ‘Ctrl’+'Alt’+'-’, and you will be back to regular again. =)” (linuxquestions.org)

]]> By: Ben Zimmer http://noncompositional.com/2007/02/what-clothes-smell-like/comment-page-1/#comment-10110 Ben Zimmer Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:32:49 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2007/02/what-clothes-smell-like/#comment-10110 <p>OK, I get "(verb of sensation/existence) like new/normal" and "(verb of action) like mad/crazy", but how does "regular" fit in exactly?</p> OK, I get “(verb of sensation/existence) like new/normal” and “(verb of action) like mad/crazy”, but how does “regular” fit in exactly?

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