Talk:sightseeing

RFV discussion: July 2011–March 2012

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sightseeing

Surely the adjective sense is merely a noun acting as an attributive? ---> Tooironic 04:20, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Certainly for a trip, as in the example. It's the same kind of construct as "golf tournament". Perhaps something else could be argued for "sightseeing tourists" (cf. operagoing)? Equinox ◑ 09:23, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

To me, both noun and adjective senses look like usages of the gerund. See Appendix:English gerund-participles. — Pingku^dimmi 09:50, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

I agree. The example given under the adjective is attributive use of the noun (= sightseeing-trip). A true adjective use would be along the lines of: That man is a sightseeing fool! (= someone very enthusiastic about seeing sights), or We are a sightseeing family . Leasnam 19:54, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

I added a cite for the adjective. Leasnam 16:19, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

I note the tag has been removed. Am I to understand that one citation satisfies rfv these days? :) Besides which, I am not convinced this is a usage which excludes the gerund-participle, or even just the noun. One might talk about a golfing family, or the golfing fraternity, inferring that they habitually play golf. I don't think that means that (deprecated template usage) golfing is a true adjective. — Pingku^dimmi 08:52, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Removed as RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 03:11, 1 March 2012 (UTC)