Greg Knauss

Oh, hey, a hill to die on:

“Compute” is not a noun.

Apr 10 at 10:24pmIvory for iOS
Show thread*|FNAME|*1d ago
@gknauss
THIS!
Show threadZenHeathen 🇨🇦1d ago
@gknauss ***THANK YOU!!!***
Show thread🐙ptoothfish🐙1d ago
@gknauss you may denounce it, but i can easily noun any verb and vice versacci
Show threadSarcastiCanadian1d ago
@ptoothfish Verbing weirds language. @gknauss
Show thread🐙ptoothfish🐙1d ago
@Plumbert @gknauss it leaves unsightly conjugate everywhere
Show threadDr. Drang1d ago
@gknauss I’ll be on that hill with you, but I don’t expect to come back from it.
Show threadGreg Knauss1d ago
@drdrang I’m no prescriptivist, but _come on_.
Show threadviq1d ago
@gknauss cmptrs
Even less letters, and follows semi-modern naming trends.
Show threadPaul Cantrell1d ago
@gknauss @lisamelton
Relevant, if opposite:
Show threadGreg Knauss1d ago
@inthehands @lisamelton I’m not a prescriptivist, and I suspect it might be who is saying it that bugs me, rather than what they’re actually saying.
Show threadPaul Cantrell1d ago
@gknauss @lisamelton
Fair and agreed
Show threadSolitha1d ago

@gknauss That's probably a fair assessment.

There are a startling number of nouns and verbs that we only consider one, but have switched (maybe multiple times) through history.

Not really a hill worth dying on for any living language, regardless of one's opinion of the source.

@inthehands @lisamelton

Show threadDarren Bennett1d ago
@gknauss @inthehands @lisamelton Absotively!
Show threadHalaana1d ago
@gknauss I feel the same way about using install as a noun. I'll soon be the old man telling kids to get off his lawn.