Paul Ewins wrote (or was that "architected"): > Try working in IT - they are worse than politicians for mangling English. > 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....
Sing it with me now, Paul.... "A gerunding we will go, A gerunding we will go, Hi ho the derrio, A gerunding we will go!" :-) This noun-to-verb thing really gets my goat also. I say we let the Duchess beat them about the head with a wet copy of Strunk and White until all the ****ing gerunds fall out of their day planners. Aarrrgh!! Bill Peifer Rochester, NY - 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 .
