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December 18[edit]

What is "to rune it"?[edit]

A Canadian guy told me today that "even though they are allowed to do that, they won't do that, because they don't want to rune it". What did he mean by "to rune it"? (I hope I spell it correctly). 185.27.105.141 (talk) 23:07, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As "rune" cannot be a verb—and from context—it is very likely they meant "ruin", verb sense 2a or 3. ―Mandruss ☎ 23:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. StuRat (talk) 16:41, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"We'll all be rooned, said Hanrahan, Before the year is out". -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 01:25, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe he meant "to etch it in stone." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This was a perfectly good stone, they somebody went and runed it: [1]. StuRat (talk) 16:38, 19 December 2016 (UTC) [reply]

And let's not forget the iconic Rune Arledge. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:09, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]