Language can change all it likes, Moose, but I object to changes based on
ignorance ... or on inelegant corruption by the unschooled or the ignorant.
I know, that is probably how most change has ever happened (grumble, grumble!).
Chris
On 24 May 2010, at 00:35, Moose wrote:
> Language is naturally growing and changing. The process of "friending"
> on social networking sites, although partially analogous to making
> friends in person, it is also different in significant ways, so a new
> word that recognizes that seem to me to be appropriate. Like "steering
> wheel", "hard drive" "fanjet", "email, the verb" and so on and on.
>
> Ooooh, I just ran the spell checker, and it agrees with Andrew and
> Brian, suggesting "befriending". But I agree with Andrew, it isn't
> really quite the same thing. The physical technique and the social
> connotations are different.
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