americanisms as verbs, she gifted her piano. what do you think? >> i don't like americanisms but i would not object to gifted. >> what about lawmaker? >> it's not at -- not a word of would use. -- not a word i would use. >> the one i cannot stand is in airports were they say this is the last and final call. >> you do not like tabloid

you know, the verbs are at the ends of the sentences, so you can go along, you know, for a page and a half, not knowing what anybody is talking about, and then, all of a sudden, bang, at the end, there's a verb. but you had this-- this added advantage of sitting there the first time you watched it and not being able to say-- or disadvantage-- not being able to say, "you're butchering my dialogue." you didn't have a clue, did you? well, i'd had somebody who speaks german read the translation to me, and it was good, and i knew what they were saying up there. but here's something else interesting: my first time in front of an audience-- or a play of mine in front of an audience-- i spent less time watching what was going on onstage than i did sneaking looks to see how the audience was responding to what i'd written, which probably convinced me that i was a playwright. [laughing] well, that first play did not go unscathed. there were people who had reactions to it. i understand that in rockport, massachusetts, it ran into some trouble. they didn't want to show it locally, have it presente

americanisms as verbs, she gifted her piano. what do you think?i don't like americanisms but i would not object to gifted. >> what about lawmaker? >> it's not at -- not a word of would use. -- not a word i would use. >> the one i cannot stand is in airports were they say this is the last and final call. >> you do not like tabloid language. >> the hiking interest rates and she was dumped a heron. what do you think of that? >> in the tabloid, that is perfectly normal. >> but in the telegraph he would not like it? >> not really. >> if it excites the reader, that is the point. >> what about pronounced >> -- pronouns? does this were you? >> it is all board. -- does this worry you? --]7c3 it is awkward. >> if you were on stage delivering a marvelous speech and [unintelligible] >> if the person speaking was splitting the inventive. i would not encourage it, but the forbidding means you are trying to hold the language in a place it is not used vocally. >> is that the problem? the ed and flow, some words for all of uses -- the ebb and flow. >> word usage d

or is it a verb, to strike with a swinging motion? gotcha.lail can be a noun, a tool used with a swinging motion, and the swinging motion itself. you could say, "the farm worker has to flail a flail to thresh the wheat." onomatopoeia, the use of words that sound like what they mean. turgid, swollen or excessively embellished. flail, a swinging tool or to use a swinging motion. that's "word" on "kids news." >>> there are lots of sounds you like to hear when you play sports. the swish of a net. the crack of a bat. the roar of a crowd. but as tyler reports, one thing you really don't want to hear is a "pop." ♪ >> i took a shot, and it hit the goalie, so i tried to turn for the rebound, and i just heard the pop. >> reporter: that popping sound came from jessica's knee. as captain of her lacrosse team, she spent the rest of her senior season cheering from the sidelines. >> get it back, bronxville! >> reporter: her injury, called an acl tear, is increasingly common among today's hard-charging young athletes. >> they twist their leg and the lower le

host: tivo, your company, the brand is becoming a verb. tell me about tivo today. guest: that is a blessing and curse. obviously, we are very well- known brand. because of how it is used, there are many people think they have it but don't. there is a vast amount of difference between a generic dvr and tivo in some chilly. that was when tivo was a recording device. today is a different animal. yes, it allows you to record television programs. and allows you to take things off of channels and watch them when you want to and create video on demand. ut what we have now donei is taken broadband to become a television, movies, music, anything available via internet, and display that on the television. we now deliver some 6 million pieces of content from netflix, ube, well beyond what cable or satellite is delivering. you have the recording capability, which allows you to watch things on channels when you want to, and then you have the broad band capability which takes millions of options and makes those available on demand when you want them. the combination is really te

. >> hang on, can you just use my name as a verb?g an insemination party a drunken baitman empties the contribution, replacing witness his own, but doesn't remember it. jennifer move as way, never calls. and then, comes back seven years later with guess who? >> back to new york. this is uncle wally. >> hi. >> i think i have a disorder. >> okay. was i not clear about web md? >> and there are erie coincidence autos it dawns on him. the switch. >> i hijacked kathy's pregnancy? >> oh, that is so ill-advised. >> somehow, she doesn't notice. so he's bonding. two of a kind. >> what is that? >> faking diseases you don't have? >> very that. >> what are all of these films about single women who want to become pregnant? there doesn't seem to be a lot of chem tri. bits his manic personality. but the real scene stealer is young thomas robinson whose dialogue sounds like it's filled with woody allen angst. i'll have to give give it a half bucket. i'm don sanchez, and we'll see you on the aisle. >> cute scenes i guess. >> yes. >> and good for a lau

. >> there is a pro verb saying whoever infer loves and understands a garden will find contentment withince requires effort. >> it's what i have to work with. >> work being the word. on this morning, robert has entered his yard with an eight by 10 frame seeking inspiration from a perfect plant. >> this is poison hemlock. >> so be it. because this is where his takes an turb turn. a few years ago, even vistas began to feel like dead ends. >> i can see that my future would look like my past if i continued to practice black and white landscape work. >> now, he confines work to plants. you might notice he entered red light of the dark room, he's yet to use a traditional camera and never will. he lays the plant on a piece of photo paper, hooks it up to a charge, zapping witness 40,000 volts. >> when it does so, the air is giving off light in the form of an energy field. >> the results unique. it caught his wife, jauly off guard. >> were you surprised?. >> yes. >> my wife as a saint for 11 months and 28 day autos i didn't know what he was talking about for a very long time. >> she sat me down an

. >> did you just use my names a verb? >> yeah, i did.n party, a drunken bateman enters parking lot contribution and replace it is with his own but don't remember it. jennifer moves away, loses contact with everyone, never calls. then she comes back with seven years later with guess who? >> this is uncle wally. >> hi, sebastian. >> i think i have a disorder. >> was i not clear about envy? >> there are some eerie coincidences. >> just like you. >> and it dawns on him, the switch. >> i hijacked cassie's pregnancy. >> that's ill advised. >> she doesn't notice so he's bonding, two of a kind. >> what's that? >> thinking that you have what you don't really have. >> i have that. >> what is it with all these films about single women who want to become pregnant. the switch is a small picture with a few laughs. there doesn't seem to be a lot of chemistry between aniston and bateman. it's more about his manic personality. but the scene steeler is young thomas. the ending is disappointing. i'll have to give this film a half bucket. i'm don sanchez, a

did you just use my name as a verb?, i did. >> at a party a drunken bateman empties the contribution and replace it is with his own. jennifer moves away, loses contact, never calls. come back seven years later with guess who? >> this is uncle wally. >> hi. >> hi, sebastian. >> i think i have sinus disorder. >> was i not clear? >> and there are eerie coincidences. >> looks just like you. >> and it dawns on him: the switch! >> i hijacked cassie's pregnancy? >> oh, that's ill-advised. >> somehow she doesn't notice. he's bonding, two of a kind. >> what's that? >> thinking you have diseases you don't really have. >> i have that. >> what is it about all these films about single women that want to become pregnant. a few laughs but doesn't seem to be a lot of chemistry and bateman. more about his manic personality. but the scene steeler is young thomas robinson. the ending is disappointing. i'll have to give the film a half bucket. i'm don sanchez, abc 7 news and we'll see you on the aisle. >> well, here is lisa argen with a fi

nouns like "ball" and "banana" or verbs like "run" and "tickle," are easier for a primate to master. and frankly, they're the ones that human babies master first because there's a concrete actor behavior associated with them. but how do you articulate or how do you grasp the idea of "from" "until" "tomorrow" "be?" all these vaporous words that have no meaning to them. the list is full of them. cansy pointed to a ball and asked me to get it for him and sue told me where to point to the various icons and say, "yes, i will get the ball for you." it took me a while to find it. when i came back she asked him verbally, ""cansy, are you ready to play?" and he touched "past ready." >> rose: "past ready." >> "past ready" which i found wonderfully revealing. >> rose: what do they do with this in terms of communicating with each other? >> that'sñ a very good question. there's a lot of actual verbal communication between them. the sounds that the benobs make are hard wired and they communicate in their own way, but the purpose of the great ape trust is to do with benobs what we do with human ba

creep, a verb. >> oh, like somebody creeps you out. >> sort of.like the song "creeping" from tlc. >> it actually means to cruise for women. >> creep? >> yeah, to creep. >> that sounds creepy. >> one more. >> the girls do it, too. what else? pump, what's a pump? >> fist pump. >> something working out. >> fist pump, the default dance, >>> good morning. it's 8:25. in the headlines this morning, >>> a major decision is expected this morning on same- sex marriage. the federal judge who overturned prop 8 will determine whether gay marriages can resume in california while his ruling is appealed. prop 8 is the voter-approved measure that limits marriage to male-female couples. >>> santa clara's planning commission is given the go- ahead to build a 63-foot-tall minaret on a mosque on scott boulevard. that tower was already approved but a nearby business owner appealed that decision saying it doesn't fit the neighborhood. the commission turned down the appeal last night. >>> bart officials say they have ended the budget year with a $4 million surplus. this

. >> you already had the conditional sense of a verb. >> i guess i'll go to a different topic. a week ago, robert gates said he didn't want to weigh in on the issue no new york city, it was too local. we now have national figures from both parties, including the majority of potential candidates in the republican party weigh in on the issue. how come you're so reluctant to offer an opinion from the white house about the cultural and religious debate in this country? >> this is an issue that's been thought through, it's gone through the process in new york city and a decision -- -- a decision has been made and it's going forward. we're not going to be in a position where a local government is going to make a decision that we go in and readjute -- adjudicate. the president made clear we are not at war with islam and that we can have these sorts of discussions well within the traditions of openness and religious freedom that our country is based on. >> are those discussions moving beyond the boundaries of openness? are you worried about the anti-muslim and islamic rhetoric that's b