TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: English isn't the native tongue of ... From:Maggie Pierce Secara <maggiros -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 May 2003 09:08:32 -0700 (PDT)
C'mon, Diane. You know perfectly well that any noun
can be verbed.
Not to mention that Noah Webster's dictionary did not
establish standard English for the whole
English-speaking world--just for us 'Murcans.
Maggie Secara
~employed once again
in strangely un-springlike Southern California
--- Diane Evans <diane_evans -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Yes, I meant it as a joke. I am sorry that anyone
> was offended. I was also
> very shocked to find out that "trial" is a verb in
> an Australian
> dicitionary. Noah Webster must be turning over in
> his grave...
=====
Maggie Secara
Note: This post may contain misspellings, grammatical errors, disorganized sentence structure, or may entirely lack a coherent theme. These elements are natural to the process of writing, and will only add to the overall beauty of the post.
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.