RE: I just heard another one

Subject: RE: I just heard another one
From: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
To: "Ron Hearn" <rhearn -at- central1 -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:32:02 -0500

Ron Hearn lobbed this one:
>
> I have heard "efforting" more and more in the media e.g. "We are
> efforting to contact him..."



For some reason, the phrase "dragged out and shot" just passed through
my mind. It was followed by "and don't bother waiting for dawn"
(implying that no appeal would be heard, so why are you still here and
why is he still alive). I am /e/f/f/o/r/t/i/n/g/ trying to not have
thoughts like that, but apparently not trying hard enough. Perhaps I
should be ef... no, I can't bear to say it.



>
> Another noun-to-verb I am seeing in the documents I edit is
> "transacting" (to perform a transaction).

This one, I can see... but transitive or intransitive?

Shortening "engaging in transaction" to "transacting" has utility.

- Kevin




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