On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Keith Hunt wrote: > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:39:44 -0500, John Krische <john@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I hate to break it to you, but "task" has had a verb definition for > > over 2000 years. It comes from the Latin "taxare", ie, "to tax". > -- snip -- > > > But enough of this. Later. > > > > John K. > > > > > > > >When speaking of language destruction, I think one just has to mention > > >the "verbing" of nouns (and I use that phrase deliberately). Is being > > >"tasked" with something supposed to sound more important than being > > >given an assignment? > > > > > >-- > > >Keith Hunt > > >keith@xxxxxxxxxx > > Wow. Now I just feel stupid. But that's probably enough of this OT thread. > > -- > Keith Look at it this way: If you learned something (I know I did), then you're entitled to feel smarter than you did before. I was going to mention my pet peeve of the week (seen occasionally on this list)--namely the confusion of loser and looser--but I'll refrain and let the thread die. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
