tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063460641042122329.post4174365381426697426..comments2023-10-30T07:35:55.351-05:00Comments on White Souse: This day in jargonDevohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093734612008602004noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063460641042122329.post-80296598726993948242007-06-11T01:30:00.000-05:002007-06-11T01:30:00.000-05:00I enjoy your argot.I enjoy your argot.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572454480940962027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063460641042122329.post-82777590226012136162007-06-01T13:47:00.000-05:002007-06-01T13:47:00.000-05:00Hey, Devo, it's Matt Wright. Seth sent me the link...Hey, Devo, it's Matt Wright. Seth sent me the link to your blog last week. Just stoppin' in to say hear, hear. It's the cross-over into the common language that you identify that makes jargon worthless, because by then it's lost the specific meaning that made it useful. As for drilling the onion, that's just dumb. Adios, man. Take it easy.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06230982483389284452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063460641042122329.post-70548612628997994192007-06-01T11:13:00.000-05:002007-06-01T11:13:00.000-05:00Also, if you want really sticky and unclear, autoa...Also, if you want really sticky and unclear, autoantonyms will <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_self-contradicting_words_in_English" REL="nofollow">blow your stack</A>.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12296649590074397049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1063460641042122329.post-68588217746788709142007-06-01T11:10:00.000-05:002007-06-01T11:10:00.000-05:00I'm torn. Though jargon can really bother me (like...I'm torn. Though jargon can really bother me (like the current trend in technical papers of using "<A HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=utilize" REL="nofollow">utilize</A>" to mean "<A HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=use" REL="nofollow">use</A>"), I think it often fills a linguistic need. I suppose in the big fight between <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescriptivist" REL="nofollow">prescriptivists</A> and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptivist" REL="nofollow">descriptivists</A>, I fall slightly closer to the descriptivist camp.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12296649590074397049noreply@blogger.com