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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Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE Feb 20

@xahteiwi I do however observe that the minute taker is the most powerful person in the meeting.

It doesn't matter what anyone says at the meeting, what matters are the decisions that are recorded in the minutes.

(The second most powerful person in a meeting is the one who writes the agenda. If you can do both, as "secretary" to the meeting, you're running the show.)

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Florian Haas

@TimWardCam The minute taker is the most powerful person in the meeting if the meeting chair doesn't do their job properly (a job that, needless to say, includes responsibility for the minutes being truthful and complete).