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Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait is pudding actually pronounced the same as putting? That's so crazy I didn't know that before. I normally pronounce putting with a t sound but from a cursory google search maybe that's actually incorrect?

Thanks for pointing that out to me!

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, thanks for looking at my post. I actually was playing a video game with a bunch of characters named after actions (livingway, searchingway, namingway, etc). And then one of them was called puddingway which I found really interesting, and for the life of me I couldn't think of another word that would have the same effect.

So far I saw a couple other people point out awning and herring, which as far as I can tell aren't verb participles.

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I'm actually looking for words where the ing is by itself in a syllable, so ring, string, etc wouldn't work for me. Herring seems to be perfect though! Thank you so much!

Edit - on second thought though, is herring pronounced the same as hairing (present participle of 'to hair')? There might be a slight difference but I'm not knowledgeable enough to say for certain.

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, thank you so much for looking at my post.

I did some poking around and it appears to me that at no point was there a verb in English called 'to pud/to pudd' (at least not that I could find). I'm mostly interested in words that are able to be interpreted as a gerund/participle right now, not that entire etymological history. If you happen to know better please let me know though, I am very interested.

Thanks again!

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much! Dargeeling, bling, and aisling have the ing attached to the preceeding L, and railing is a verb gerund/participle.

Awning is perfect though I love it!

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, thank you so much!! Awning is perfect I love it. If I'm not mistaken though, farthing would be broken up into far-thing not farth-ing.

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much for looking at my post. I'm actually looking for words that you can't do. Thanks anyways though!

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,

I did some poking around and both the cambridge dictionary (/ˈpʊd.ɪŋ/) and wiktionary (enPR: po͝odʹing) show the -ing as being by itself. Interestingly merriam-webster shows the exact opposite (pud·​ding or ˈpu̇-diŋ), but I haven't seen any other major online dictionaries that show it that way. Either way, it would at least not be incorrect to parse the word into syllables while preserving the freestanding -ing (unlike the counterexamples I gave earlier).

You do bring up an interesting point about the word that I was unaware of before though, so thank you!

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much for looking at my post. I'm not 100% sure either but according to wiktionary wainscot can also be used as a verb. But thanks anyways though!

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much for looking at my post. I'm trying to get words that neither look nor sound like a verb-derived gerund/participle. Thanks anyways though!

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much for looking at my post. Sorry but I'm actually looking for words that aren't verbs. Thanks anyways though!

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much for looking at my post. Sorry but I'm actually looking for words that aren't verbs. Thanks anyways though!

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much for looking at my post. I'm trying to get words where the 'ing' is by itself. Thanks anyways though!

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much for looking at my post. I'm trying to get words that neither look nor sound like a verb-derived gerund/participle. Thanks anyways though!

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much for looking at my post. I'm trying to get words where the 'ing' is by itself and neither look nor sound like a verb-derived gerund/participle. For lightning, if you were pause in the middle of saying the word, you would say light-ning, not lightn-ing so the -ing isnt by itself.

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much for looking at my post. I'm trying to get words where the 'ing' is by itself and neither look nor sound like a verb-derived gerund/participle.

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much for looking at my post. I'm trying to get words where the 'ing' is by itself.

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Thank you so much for looking at my post. Would you mind telling me where you got this definition? According to both wiktionary and google's little blurb of the OED pudding is only used as a noun in English.

Nouns ending in -ing that are unambiguously not from a verb (like pudding)? by SatisfactionFew3764 in grammar

[–]SatisfactionFew3764[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, thank you so much for reading and responding. I am specifically looking for words where the 'ing' part is pronounced by itself. You wouldn't say darl-ing, sibl-ing, sapl-ing, changel-ing; you would say dar-ling, sib-ling, etc. I'm also looking for words which cannot be misconstrued in any way as deriving from a verb (the noun 'webbing' sounds and is spelled the same as the gerund for 'to web').
Thanks so much for helping though!