Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: access

I've discovered a new author, I wonder if she's also printed in
italiano. Donna Leon sets her novels in Venezia. I thought this
passage most appropriate for the newsgroup. :-)
 "Brunetti went back upstairs with her, strangely cheered by the
sound of coins jingling in the pocket of the grey silk jacket she
wore. 'Accessed?' he repeated, using the English word but making it,
this time, sound like an English word.
 'It's computer speak, sir,' she said.
 'To access?' he asked. 'It's a verb now?'
 'Yes, sir, I believe it is.'
 'But it didn't used to be,' Brunetti said, remembering when it had
been a noun.
 'I think the Americans are allowed to do that to their words, sir.'
 'Make them verbs? Or nouns? if they feel like it?'
 'Yes, sir.'
 'Ah,' Brunetti breathed.
He nodded to her at the top of the first flight of stairs, and she
went towards the front of the building and her small office, just
outside Patta's. Brunetti continued up to his own, thinking about the
liberties some people thought they could take with the language.  
[ Fatal remedies / by Donna Leon p.28]
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Yesssssssss! (Slightly more correct, however, than saying "...are allowed 
to do that..." would be something like "... are *encouraged*.." or p'raps 
even "...*required* to do that.."
Seriously, though, I consider myself somewhat conservative when it comes 
to language, (for example, I cannot bring myself to use the "like" 
construction, as in, "I saw my friend and he's like, 'What's up?' and I'm 
like, 'Not much.' and he's like, 'Same here, things are quiet.' and I'm 
like 'Yeah, boring, huh?'") Let's say I don't "like" it.
But, as will become evident, if it hasn't already, I love wordplay, and I 
love the fact that (the AmEng) language can change and grow [in a 
creative way that also happens to be acceptable to me.] Did someone say 
"Fascist" just then?
For the most part, I'm not fond of the verbing [sic] of nouns or of the 
nouning [sicker] of verbs, although some of them are unavoidable in 
businessspeak. (Two or three "s's" there?)
Rock, Talk, Walk on!
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 Rock, Talk, Walk on!
Sorry you got my diatribe, but sometimes I think we are far too picky
about the English we read here.
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Good grief. You took that statement of mine *seriously?* A statement that 
began with "Yessssssssss!"? You didn't get the irony of being 
"encouraged" or "required" to make up words?
Even when I followed it with "Seriously though..."?
Sorry. Hope today is better. :)
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well, 21 after midnight, I've calmed down.... ;-)
It was waaay too early in the day and pre-coffee I must admit.
Nothing to do with totally different language of humour. :-) (which
is why I like emoticons meself)
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lo...@aotearoa.invalid says...
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Looking back, I see I didn't throw in any :) or such. (What with the 
other conversation I've been having about  :) vs (faccina whatever) I'm 
kinda surprised I didn't.
Anyway, no harm done. I was being exTREMEly facetious. (Or should I say 
[correcting myself] I was exTREMEly facetiousing.?)  8-)!
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