Thanks for the correction, Monty. I also spelled “scratch” wrong. 
As others have said, samclem, the OED has itch as a transitive verb only in the sense of “to cause an itching sensation in.”
But for the record, the OED are a bunch of no-prescriptive ignoramuses, too. 
Sorry to hijack, but why do you use three commas instead of one?
I think Canvas meant to use three periods.
He made an eloopsis.
nonetheless, its doen’t matter whatsoever.
Butt naked. :smack:
My SO has enormous difficulty with this. She also can’t say “error.” And she’s a professor and a published author!
Brilliant.
My personal pet peeve is the lend / borrow thing. My friends know this, and deliberately use the incorrect word just to cheese my crackers.
There shouldn’t be a comma between “this” and “and” in that last sentence, should there?
:smack:
Yes, the correct answer is “nauseated”. And we have some lovely parting gifts for you…
Rather, I think dictionaries note that the use of words, and the pronounciation of them, shift over time as language is not static, and so, in an attempt to actually be definitive, they list these alternate uses. The only reason “dictionary” means what it does is because we all agree on it; if enough people agree that “to itch” can also mean “to scratch” then that, as they say, is that.
am I supposed to be surprised? Everyone in MA is wicked retahded.
Because, in part, even though my ancestry is actually 3/4 english and the rest a combo of scottish and scandinavian?, I MUST have italian in my blood.
It’s like the “net” equivelant of enthusiasm and hand gestures for me. AND it’s an old habit from other boards to which I belong that don’t “allow” white space (otherwise we would get long paragraphs running together).
I am trying REALLY really really hard to learn the SDMB way, but without my “hand gestures” etc, I feel a bit “stifled” lol.
Sometimes my thoughts and enthusiasm gets ahead of me, hence the “spacers” etc.
But, I’ve only been here a week, and should still be able to claim newbie status and get Somewhat of a break for my eccentricities,riiiiigggghhht?
PS.
Several people from one of the other online communites to which I belong, upon meeting me in person for the first time, said “Oh my GOD!! You are JUST like you are online”!!!
Maybe this image will help, when my boyfriend wants to tease me, he’ll grab my hands and hold them down when I’m talking, it completely derails my thoughts!! LOL.
psssssssssst, “she”.
LOL
My copy of the Standard New Century Dictionary, 1897, lists itch as a possible verb.
Yes, I do have a 106 year old dictionary.
I think what they want is for you to lend them some money.
No, no, no! “Drawer” rhymes with “chore”! Aaaaghck!
//It’s like the “net” equivelant of enthusiasm and hand gestures for me.
But the thing you have to understand is that it’s only for you and that no one else knows what you are trying to do, and you end up looking like you don’t know how to operate a keyboard.
Daoloth: See previous notes in this thread about the verb form of ‘itch’.
But it can be a perfectly fine transitive verb. Hmpf.
Ahem.
No one said itch can’t be a verb.
No one said itch can’t be a transitive verb.
All anyone has said is that itch is not a transitive verb meaning, “to scratch an itch.”
Are there any questions? Yes? NO, I DON’T WANT TO HEAR THEM! SHUT THE HELL UP UNTIL YOU HAVE ACTUALLY READ THE DAMN THREAD!!!
Buncha ignoramuses. Wanders off, grumbling, threatening to hit small children with cane.
Then they’re incorrect.
"TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To cause to itch.
2. To scratch (an itch). "
Yes, I realize that, and if you’d read the rest you would have seen that I said “I’m trying to curb it”.