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Discussion Groups / English Usage / December 2008architected
I heard on the radio someone using "architect" as a verb. Instead of design.  SignaturePosters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I have lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 10 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years > I heard on the radio someone using "architect" as a verb. Instead of > design. When the difference between "loan" and "lend" was lost, there was no hope for the language. "Parenting" still bothers me.. On Dec 23, 6:49 am, mm <NOPSAMmm2...@bigfoot.com> wrote: > I heard on the radio someone using "architect" as a verb. Instead of > design. When the difference between "loan" and "lend" was lost, there was no hope for the language. "Parenting" still bothers me.. Forget "loan" and "lend". "Borrow" is an all-purpose universal multidirectional transfer of goods, coin, and services. It is especially useful when the user pronounces it as "bower". >> I heard on the radio someone using "architect" as a verb. Instead of >> design. > >When the difference between "loan" and "lend" was lost, there was no >hope for the language. "Parenting" still bothers me.. I, too, find parenting bothersome. It's an expensive hobby. SignatureRobin (BrE) Herts, England >> I heard on the radio someone using "architect" as a verb. Instead of >> design. > > When the difference between "loan" and "lend" was lost, there was no > hope for the language. "Parenting" still bothers me.. After all these years? It can be traced back to 1663 Sir G. Mackenzie Relig. Stoic ii. (1685) 23 Churlishness and Close-handedness parented by Avarice. SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >>> I heard on the radio someone using "architect" as a verb. Instead of >>> design. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >After all these years? It can be traced back to 1663 Sir G. Mackenzie Relig. >Stoic ii. (1685) 23 Churlishness and Close-handedness parented by Avarice. Avarice was a rotten parent. That's where the word got its bad reputation. SignaturePosters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I have lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 10 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years On Dec 23, 6:49 am, mm <NOPSAMmm2...@bigfoot.com> wrote: > I heard on the radio someone using "architect" as a verb. Instead of > design. When the difference between "loan" and "lend" was lost, there was no hope for the language. "Parenting" still bothers me.. You're showing your age. "The verb _loan_ was among the words brought to America by early English-speaking settlers ....The OED shows that the verbal loan fell into disuse after the 17th century but continued in use in America,..." M-W Dictionary of English Usage > I heard on the radio someone using "architect" as a verb. Instead of > design. Particularly, I think, in the US of A, there is no such thing as a noun that cannot be verbed. With best wishes, Peter. SignaturePeter Young, (BrE), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2004. (US equivalent: Attending Anesthesiologist) Cheltenham and Gloucester, UK. Now happily retired. >> I heard on the radio someone using "architect" as a verb. Instead of >> design. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Peter. Especially if his ancestry can be traced to England. > I heard on the radio someone using "architect" as a verb. Instead of > design. In good company - Keats used it in 1818: "This was architected thus By the great Oceanus" SignatureJohn Dean Oxford |
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