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CMB1888 Wrote:Is suicide used as a verb now? I'm not being facetious, I just wondered.
I'm glad that someone else has made the comment this time around and not me! :wink:
Sorry Drealm but one does not 'suicide' - one 'commits suicide'!
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Please note that I normally speak french and I'm here also for practicing my english!!
So I understand that I should say that "He committed suicide" instead of "He suicided himself", right?
Thanks for telling me this.
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Drealm Wrote:Please note that I normally speak french and I'm here also for practicing my english!!
So I understand that I should say that "He committed suicide" instead of "He suicided himself", right?
Thanks for telling me this.
Had no indication previously that your first language was French my friend but yes, the correct way of saying this is that he/she 'committed suicide' as suicide is a noun and not a verb. A person can be referred to as 'a suicide', a death can be referred to as 'a suicide', although who knows what will happen to the language in the near future. :wink:
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Beach Wrote:Had no indication previously that your first language was French my friend but yes, the correct way of saying this is that he/she 'committed suicide' as suicide is a noun and not a verb. A person can be referred to as 'a suicide', a death can be referred to as 'a suicide', although who knows what will happen to the language in the near future. :wink:
Thanks again!
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I sort of thought that you might be French Canadian but wondered if this was an 'Americanisation' of English that you were using.
I was going to add something in French but my French wouldn't stand up to much scutiny, I fear!
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Okay, her's my two pennies worth. Lets take this discussion in the direction of psychology(not that it wasn't), but for arguements sake. There are those who are looking for a "reason" to commit suicide and may find it in music of a certain genre. There are those who have a suggestible personality(this is not to be confused with being impressionable), who, through the subliminal messages in music and music videos etc...... find they perform that act. A reason an artist may want such a thing done by one of their fans may be because they want to feel they have the "power" to evoke such a feeling in a person. Just something to think about.
If i was to go out in such a way, i would choose something really original and meaningful. Can't think of any titles.
P.S. Though this is just a discussion, such a thing could make someone consider suicide, and suicide in such a fashion, when they haven't done so before! I'm very wary of evil.
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AddyO Wrote:A reason an artist may want such a thing done by one of their fans may be because they want to feel they have the "power" to evoke such a feeling in a person. Just something to think about.mile:
Yes, it may be possible. Knowing the amount of corruption this world have because of power, this issue is something to consider. I just wonder if the person in the band who had this idea really felt good when he realized his idea worked, if it ever happened.
