OK, clever wordy-type people, please settle an argument

[marthamoo]

If mutineers start a mutiny are they mutineering or mutinying?

[Miaou]

mutinising

[snafu]

mutinying

[crumpet]

I'd go for the latter but couldn't say why

[snafu]

mutinating?

[essbee]

Message withdrawn

[snafu]

speak for yourself, sobernow

[Miaou]

mutating?

[hatstand]

If mountaineers mountaineer then don't muntineers muntineer?

[hatstand]

I love that sentence

[Easy]

Well, to mutiny is he verb, so I guess mutinying if you must.

Mutineer is a noun, so definately not mutineering.

I might say "behaving mutinously"

[hatstand]

I didn't mean mine btw, just wanted to say something abount mountaineers

[marthamoo]

Oh arse, dh is right then. Mutinying sounds wrong to me - it should be mutineering.

You go mountineering, not mountainying, don't you?

[Janh]

mutineer is one who does it, darling, and not a verb in any way. Mutiny is a noun, but also a verb. So it's that. [helpful]

Lovely to see you by the way, now you're back I realise you weren't here (have you seen the thread asking after MTS today? Someone said it's like Kim's game on MN, you know someone's missing but you don't know who )

[marthamoo]

Racketeering, not racketying.

[marthamoo]

Ahhh, you're all pretending you noticed I was gone now...

I don't care, mutinying sounds awful!

[marthamoo]

I think Miaou's mutinising is a good compromise.

[marthamoo]

Or if they were girl mutineers they could be mutinetteing.

[hatstand]

just noticed all my extra ns. Muntineer???

[marthamoo]

You know you've been married too long when you argue about such things...

[hatstand]

are we married?

[marthamoo]

Blimey...are we? Is that you? Have you started the dishwasher?

[Janh]

snork!