Probably they just need a dictionary. But then maybe it is a "very fame singing group".
I guess we all have our pet peeves about misused words. Mine is "campus". I hear people talking about Corporate Campuses, Industrial Campuses, etc. I guess my house is a Residential Campus... Folks say it doesn't make any difference, but if we don't agree on the meaning of the words, how can we hope to communicate? Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 1:51 PM Subject: A renown architecter > > The one that I hate the most, the one that really makes me grind my > > teeth is "architect". Not the noun, the verb. To architect something is what > > a systems architect is hired for. So he/she goes off and starts architecting > > the new system, and when it is finished they do a review to makes sure it > > was well architected. Honest, I have heard all of these bastardised versions > > of the word used in just those ways. > > Architecting seems to be a higher level process than designing, so they are > > somehow not the same thing. > > It probably started because Designers design things and Analysts analyse > > things so therefore Architects must architect things. > > > > God, Paul, sympathy from me! I loathe that one too. Have you noticed that > the noun and adjective forms of the word "renown" have recently begun to be > considered interchangeable? "A very renown singing group," etc. > > Illiterate, ugly, and ignorant. Talk about teeth on edge. > > --Mike > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
