Re: looking for a limerick

On Feb 16, 4:55 pm, sprocket <buc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Paul wrote:
> > Dictionary.com gives the meaning for 'toot' (at the end of a list of
> > other, more accepted meanings), in the following manner:
>
> > 'toot' : (noun, informal) 'a period or instance of drunken revelry;
> > binge; spree.'
>
> > 'toot': (slang) 'to snort cocaine'
>
> > But my ground is slippery because no dictionary talks of an automatic
> > extension of the noun 'toot' or the verb 'toot' into the derived noun
> > 'tooter' to mean a person who indulges in a drinking binge or one who
> > snorts cocaine. Therefor I guess I can't be adament about a tooter
> > being a drunkard or a cocaine snorter...!
>
> > Beside the above meanings, dictionary .com says in Australian informal
> > usage it means 'a lavatory; a toilet' and in Pennsylvania (German
> > area) it means 'a paper bag'.
>
> Not UK English, though, at least in my experience, and this is
_U_.c.l.e.
>
> As for nouning verbs, verbing nouns, and so on, it's standard enough
> practice. Prescriptivists whinge about it, but it's often useful when
> it's not pretentious. My little daughter once asked me how you badge
> something. She didn't understand my explanation at all; she couldn't see
> how badgers attached labels to things.
>
> JS

Hello all!
Do you think the general trend is towards English evolving as a truly
international language with distinct   geographic identities in terms
of meaning, accent and usage gradually making way for a broader
spectrum easily understood and accepted by everybody concerned
irrespective of their nationality?