As linguists, we're all taught not to sneer at the "deviations" from the variety of language we call Standard English.
However, I am (guiltily) amused by this post on the IVLE regarding blood donation awareness talks.
It's not very clear in the picture but what it says is:
Besides, there will be goodie bags with tempted voucher (value up to $20) distributed for ealiest birds.Be warned, fellow linguists, the vouchers you could be receiving are tempted. There is also the wrong use of preposition and a spelling error but like Prof Ooi said, we're not S-tom-pers :)
Interesting point though - both tempting and tempted here function as adjectives. Though tempted could be used as a verb (I tempted her to break her diet), it seems that tempted here is almost like an adjective (cf: The tempted girl couldn't resist the chocolate buffet). Hmmm. What do you guys say?
