In my mind, it all began with "prioritize". Now a very common word but I still choose not to use it. Bob
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Anne Black via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote: > I am with you Rob! > To me "cool" is still a temperature, somewhere between tepid and cold. > Nothing else. > > > Anne M. Black > www.IMPACTIKA.com > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Matson via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> > To: 'Sterling K. Webb' <[email protected]>; pmodreski > <[email protected]>; 'meteorite-list' <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, May 10, 2016 1:16 am > Subject: [meteorite-list] Invented words > > Ugh. It joins the ranks of "irregardless". Now that social media is a > permanent > fixture, > it probably only takes a handful of modestly well-connected people to > bastardize > an > existing word into a needless new synonym... I'm becoming a grumpier old man > with > each passing year, I guess! --R > > -----Original Message----- > From: Meteorite-list [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 10:33 PM > To: 'Matson, Rob D.'; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented vs Orientated > > Rob, > > You bet "desalinization" would > become one [a word], but the > world has beaten you to it: > > desalinization. (n.d.). The > American HeritageR New > Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, > Third Edition. Retrieved May 09, > 2016 from Dictionary.com: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/desalinization > > It's probably too late to stamp > it out... > > Sterling > ------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Meteorite-list [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Matson, Rob D. via Meteorite-list > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 8:35 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented vs Orientated > > A related faux pas: desalinization. No such word, but I bet it will become > one so as not to embarrass the media members who like to use it. ;-). --Rob > ________________________________________ > From: Meteorite-list [[email protected]] on behalf > of Pete Modreski via Meteorite-list [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 10:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented vs Orientated > > My other favorite word that gets used by non-geologists: metamorphosized . > (Do you Brits use that one, by chance?) I think it fits the rhythym better > in some songs and poems. > > Cheers, Pete > > > -----Original Message----- > From: howardites via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> > To: meteorite-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, May 9, 2016 11:16 am > Subject: [meteorite-list] Oriented vs Orientated > > It certainly got everyone thinking ;-) > > > If you would like? for the sake of keeping the peace and despite the fact us > Brits widely use orientated I will use oriented. > > Just to let you know in advance I use some really bizarre words and if it's > in the English dictionary (UK version) I will use it! > > I won't shun you for your choice of words so please don't shun me :-) we are > all different. > > Best wishes from across the pond > > Xxx > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
