Re: Task as a verb?

[/Jan test <boom -at- CADENCE -dot- COM>]

Oh please, please do; and get rid of "iconify," too.

jb
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 It reminds me of prioritize,
 which sounded strange when it arose 15 years ago but is now accepted. At least,
 I don't bother changing it in memos that I edit.

 Jay Cherniak
 Applied Physics Laboratory
 chernjc1 -at- jhuapl -dot- edu
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 Subject: Task as a verb?
 From:    Sonja Draeger <sonja -at- HPATO -dot- AUS -dot- HP -dot- COM> at .APL.and.BEYOND.
 Date:    2/13/95  8:33 PM

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 Hi All,

 Quite a while back Kathy Stricklin wrote

 <snip>
 I have been tasked with a new project....
 <snip>

 Please tell me that using task as a verb is not becoming popular! Does anyone
 else say this? What's the story here?

 Cheers,
 Sonja Draeger
 Learning Products Developer
 Hewlett-Packard Australia Ltd
 sonja -at- hpato -dot- aus -dot- hp -dot- com