-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > Douglas Roberts wrote: >> On 6/5/07, *Glen E. P. Ropella* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> For those of you who use phrases like "OO methodologies", it's "OO >> method". The word "methodology" indicates the study of method. >> > Either one looks to be just fine. > > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=methodologies > > Main Entry: *meth·od·ol·o·gy* > <javascript:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?method13.wav=methodology')> > Pronunciation: "me-th&-'dä-l&-jE > Function: /noun/ > Inflected Form(s): /plural/ *-gies* > Etymology: New Latin /methodologia,/ from Latin /methodus/ + /-logia/ -logy > *1* *:* a body of methods <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/methods> , > rules, and postulates employed by a discipline *:* a particular > procedure or set of procedures > *2* *:* the analysis of the principles or procedures of inquiry in a > particular field
This from the same dictionary that gives us: "drama queen", "himbo", and "mouse potato". [grin] Here's an interesting "usage note" from a _better_ dictionary, the American Heritage: 'In recent years, however, methodology has been increasingly used as a pretentious substitute for method in scientific and technical contexts, as in The oil company has not yet decided on a methodology for restoring the beaches. People may have taken to this practice by influence of the adjective methodological to mean "pertaining to methods." Methodological may have acquired this meaning because people had already been using the more ordinary adjective methodical to mean "orderly, systematic." But the misuse of methodology obscures an important conceptual distinction between the tools of scientific investigation (properly methods) and the principles that determine how such tools are deployed and interpreted.' - -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-219-3846, http://tempusdictum.com Shallow men believe in luck ... Strong men believe in cause and effect. - -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGZflXZeB+vOTnLkoRAl74AKC43fjgXscwpz6oTfaJL7rrfk6uVQCfczOQ Erq+NTiLirWVLSk9sF+319g= =RS4m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
