Because tears is a verb.

Because tears is a verb.

posted on 15 Jun 2015 in Chinglish

trickle

Stop. Everything can’t be a noun.

Photo courtesy of Jason Tadano.
Seen on TV in Taiwan.

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Huu Yuu
Huu Yuu
10 years ago

Her remorse being the error in identifying the part of speech, leading to bad grammar.

Huu Yuu
Huu Yuu
10 years ago

Have you tried the trickle? It’s delicious.

And delicious is clearly a conjunction. >_>

DrLex
DrLex
10 years ago

If ‘tears’ is a verb in this sentence, then I think ‘As’ is lacking an s.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

If her English doesn’t improve she could soon be turning trickles for a living.

algernon
algernon
10 years ago

What gave it away

algernon
algernon
10 years ago

Nice to see the key word isn’t used in a sentence

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
10 years ago

Unnoun language detected. Please wait …

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
10 years ago

Trickle or Treat?

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

@DrLex: Oh, well played, sir! That’s the funniest caption I’ve seen in a long while.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

This Engrish really trickles my fancy.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

She thinks she’s an English trickle, because a trickle is an ex-spurt.

Peter
Peter
10 years ago

Today’s episode of “Engrish is Easy” is brought to you by the noun “trickle”.

timmy
timmy
10 years ago

I wonder,for which College did she Matriklate?

timmy
timmy
10 years ago

I often get tears when I reveal my remorse.

Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat
10 years ago

As tears trickling down her cheeks, she revealed she was fired for bad Engrish.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

It’s nothing to cry about. Not everyone passes their morse code test the first time.

jjhitt
jjhitt
10 years ago

Operator: We get trickle.
Captain: What!
Operator: Main screen reveal.
Cats: All your base are remorse to us.
Captain: Down her cheeks you say!!

jjhitt
jjhitt
10 years ago

Tense. (noun)
I read the example and made me tense, tomorrow.

Frank Burns
Frank Burns
10 years ago

Yeah, I wish I had bought Microsoft on the ground floor too, but you don’t see me crying about it.

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

Is this a trickle question?

Sparky
Sparky
10 years ago

Her remorse was flunking out of English class.

Lora
Lora
10 years ago

Well a lot of English-speaking people use “fail” these days as a noun, so…

Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat
10 years ago

She’s a nun not a noun.

EffEff
EffEff
10 years ago

Trickle-down economics?

Droll not Troll
Droll not Troll
10 years ago

trickle (noun) The syrup byproduct of sugar refining.

Mr. Wrong
Mr. Wrong
10 years ago

Dr. Lex:

I think your edit is right, but isn’t “tears” a noun (and euphemism for something else) in a phrase that modifies the subject of the principle clause?

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
10 years ago

Caption is noun at here!

szk
szk
10 years ago

@algernon

The funny thing is that if they DID use “trickle” instead of “trickling”, it would have been more or less grammatically correct.

The Dude
The Dude
10 years ago

There’s no cure if you got the trickle.

TS
TS
10 years ago

Never chew a pickle with a little slap and trickle…

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

Then I would assume a “trick” is a noun.

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

Anzac Biscuits are made from flour, sugar, water, and trickle.

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

By the look on her face, she needs, urgently, to go for a quick trickle.

Marum
Marum
10 years ago

@jjhitt. I am now well past tense.

RT
RT
10 years ago

i had many feels reading this english lesson

EffEff
EffEff
10 years ago

It just tears me up!

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
10 years ago

noun area trickling

adjective forbidden

A Non-Y Mouse
A Non-Y Mouse
10 years ago

As coffee trickling from my nose, I revealed my amusement.

coffeebot
coffeebot
10 years ago

classic nounalizing

spareocean
spareocean
10 years ago

Merriam Webster is going to be pissed with this.

Peter
Peter
9 years ago

Tickle (V) vs Laugh (n),
according to the Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Taiwangrish.

sirpaulfan
sirpaulfan
9 years ago

I never reveal my remorse. Well..maybe just a trickle.

sirpaulfan
sirpaulfan
9 years ago

I don’t agree with trickle noun theory

El-Juan
El-Juan
9 years ago

As tears trickling down her cheeks, she revealed her not knowing english.

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