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Subject: Re: Weird words
From: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "Yvette, Denoga" <Yvettedenoga -at- crimsonlogic -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:29:08 -0400

Yvette, Denoga wrote:



(1) Updation - What the??? Other than the fact that there is no such
word in any dictionary, I was suprised at how many people really use
this word in formal documents and correspondences. Maybe they think it's
like "deletion". Uh, no it isn't!

Well, dang! It ought to be. I've never seen it before, but I LOVE it. I'm gonna start using it every chance I get. What a great coinage!


(2) Revert - This is my all-time favorite. Some people say things like,
"For any issues, please revert to me".

That is probably an eggcorn (http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/) for _refer it to me_. The same person probably "hones in on" a solution.

The general principle I'm subscribing to here is that neologisms that add to the language are fine. Losing a useful distinction through ignorance should be resisted. So thumbs up for updation and thumbs down for revert to me.

Yvette's score: 1 out of 2. Not bad, but needs work ;-)

Dick
http://ampersandvirgule.blogspot.com/

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