Re: Actionable

["Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com>]

Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:51:47 -0400
From: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>

>>All nouns now verbable, all verbs adjectivable. [...]

One verbization I've never grown comfortable with is "diarize", as in "I've
diarized our appointment next week".

I was very relieved, however, to learn that it came from the noun "diary"
rather than the similar-sounding gastro-intestinal ailment.

--
Mike West
Melbourne, Australia

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