stratman323
Dr. Stratster
Relicked can be past & present tense, like so many words in English. It was relicked (past). Now it is relicked (present).
82' Fullerton 'Dad' relic.....is on it's way to the USA
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Relicked can be past & present tense, like so many words in English. It was relicked (past). Now it is relicked (present).
The word reliced is not from the word lice but relic
Relic
an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past:
a museum of historic relics
stratman323
Dr. Stratster
Nonetheless, relic becomes relicked when the word is describing the process. That's what English does - I don't make the rules, I just learned 'em.
StratUp
Dr. Stratster
"reliqued" - Pronounced "rel-leaked" - when it's an upscale guitar or from the Custom Shop.
You could be right. English was never my best subject honestly.
I just follow form, it seems the word everyone uses. Never really gave the much thought till today.
When I see relicked it seems like it's the past tense of licking something again so that doesn't make much sense to me
The main problem we have here is that "relic" does not appear in English dictionaries as a VERB. Only as a noun.
Relic is a thing, not an action. And that's all there is to it
The main problem we have here is that "relic" does not appear in English dictionaries as a VERB. Only as a noun.
Relic is a thing, not an action. And that's all there is to it
Yes I got that now.
But what about relick? To lick again
It can be used as a verb.
Neither word seems correct. Aging or distressing seems a bit more appropriate.
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Totally agree!
BTW, when I searched for "relicked" Google told me I was wrong and brought up a huge lot of references to "relicing", so like it or not, "reliced" is the accepted norm.
stratman323
Dr. Stratster
The main problem we have here is that "relic" does not appear in English dictionaries as a VERB. Only as a noun.
Relic is a thing, not an action. And that's all there is to it
Correct. But when an English noun becomes a verb, certain changes take place. Other words teach us the rules to follow to avoid coming up with stupid words that don't make sense like relicing. Relicking is how the word is pronounced, there is no obvious reason whey the word should be spelled relicing when we all agree it's pronounced relicking.
Yes I did study English...
stratman323
Dr. Stratster
The main problem we have here is that "relic" does not appear in English dictionaries as a VERB. Only as a noun.
Relic is a thing, not an action. And that's all there is to it
Relic is an action as well as a "thing". If it wasn't, nothing would ever get relicked. But it does.
Haha. I was as surpised as anyone that all the Google results came up with "relicing" being the accepted spelling. I would have backed you 100% on the k thing
Maybe we should adopt "distressed" instead of adding insects to our guitars or licking them (once or several times!).
Maybe we should adopt "distressed" instead of adding insects to our guitars or licking them (once or several times!).
Better yet, let's just ban the practice outright!
stratman323
Dr. Stratster
Haha. I was as surpised as anyone that all the Google results came up with "relicing" being the accepted spelling. I would have backed you 100% on the k thing
When exactly did Google take over from the Oxford English Dictionary as the primary source of wisdom about the English language? I must have missed that memo....
stratman323
Dr. Stratster
Maybe we should adopt "distressed" instead of adding insects to our guitars or licking them (once or several times!).
That is the most sensible suggestion I've heard on this matter is several years! Particularly because the word distressed is widely used accepted & understood in the furniture/antiques market, which is directly comparable to the guitar world.
Presumably if we did that, someone would insist on removing one of the "S"s from "distressed" for some spurious reason & we'd all be back to square one?
stratman323
Dr. Stratster
I'd like to know too!
I'm surprised that nobody has yet turned this into an "American English" versus "English English" debate. Which it isn't.
FrieAsABird
Senior Stratmaster
If this has urned into a grammar debate, I want to join! Germans love their grammar, and when learning English at school, grammar is one of the most important aspects. In the past, I have taught children from the USA who were trying to learn German, so I tried to explain which German grammar to use by comparing certain tenses to their closest English counterparts- they didn't know any English grammar though, sadly
stratman323
Dr. Stratster
If this has urned into a grammar debate, I want to join! Germans love their grammar, and when learning English at school, grammar is one of the most important aspects. In the past, I have taught children from the USA who were trying to learn German, so I tried to explain which German grammar to use by comparing certain tenses to their closest English counterparts- they didn't know any English grammar though, sadly
Cool. So relicking or relicing?
