Mastodawn

If you're an English native speaker, do you ever use the word "minute" as a verb¹ to mean taking notes at a meeting?

A — I do
B — I would use the word, but that context normally doesn't come up in my life
C — I would not, because that meaning is archaic

(Boosts appreciated.)

¹ Emphasis on "as a verb". An example sentence would be to say "could you join us to minute the conversation?"

A

31.5%

B

22.6%

C

46%

Poll ended at Feb 21 at 8:54am.

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Andrew Rendle Feb 20

@xahteiwi I answered 'A', but that has two caveats:
1. Minutes and notes are different things. The minutes of a meeting are the formal record of what's been decided, while notes are less structured and not an official document. Multiple people at a meeting can be taking notes, which may just be for their own use and which won't necessarily say the same things, but there's just one set of minutes.

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Andrew Rendle

@xahteiwi and 2. I can't immediately think of when I would use "minute" as a verb that isn't in the contex of a Quaker meeting or committee, and Quaker decision-making is a bit odd compared to other organisations, so this may be a bit of jargon. (Quaker meeting minutes are read out and agreed in the meeting, rather than being circulated in draft afterwards and asking the next meeting to agree that they're an accurate record, and also tend to include rather more of the reasoning for a decision.)