How does it taste?

[Nightmare85]

Hello,
I'm thinking about replacing the second taste with another word.
Me: How does it taste?
He: What?
Me: The taste of the loss. :-D

I know that the first taste is a verb and the second one a noun, but I would like to replace it anyway.

And if I wrote just one sentence, it would sound way more odd:
How does the taste of the loss taste? -> not very good this twice taste

Would flavo(u)r be better as a noun in both examples?

Cheers!

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello,
I'm thinking about replacing the second taste with another word.
Me: How does it taste?
He: What?
Me: The taste of the loss. :-D

I know that the first taste is a verb and the second one a noun, but I would like to replace it anyway.

And if I wrote just one sentence, it would sound way more odd:
How does the taste of the loss taste? -> not very good this twice taste

Would flavo(u)r be better as a noun in both examples?

Cheers!

As one sentence, you could say "What does loss taste like?" or "How does loss taste?"

I think "loss" here is a collective noun, so you wouldn't need "the loss", just "loss". You are talking about the taste of loss generally.

However, if you want to leave it as 3 sentences, the final answer doesn't need to be quite so wordy:

"How does it taste?"
"What?"
"Loss."