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[Bren Tierney]

Might I just point out that there is, in both deed and fact, no such verb in the English Language as 'to systematize' !!!!

Please: DIR gets a hard enough time as it is with out you guys going 'Hollywood' for the masses!! Where do you get your grammar?? The Osbournes??

 

[archman]

One bright point of the english language is its flexibility, with constant new words added and uses added. And while "systematize" may not be found in any dictionary, neither are most of the terms scientists use. They are however valid, proper, and in no way considered slang. We make up words all the time, and I can very well see "systematize" used as a synonym for "classify" but more specific to taxonomy and well, systematics. It IS rather difficult to pronounce, though.

This is the major reason english is the "scientific language."

 

[Uncle Pug]

I have no idea where you are finding the verb systematize in the opening post of this forum... but thank you for calling attention to that post... and it would please me greatly if you would read it as it is pertinent.

 

[dbulmer]

UP,
"Do it Right" from the flooded caves at Wakulla to the Andrea Doria. Find out how these divers systematize their diving for maximum safety and fun.

Bren is objecting to the ugliness of the verb - in the UK we often shudder at some of the verbal creativity expressed by Americans - some find it offensive, some find it creative.

Besides, Bren probably hasn't had any breakfast!

 

[Uncle Pug]

Thanks... my Webster's dictionary indicates systematise is the British rendering... do you suppose that would help ease his angst?

 

[dbulmer]

Archman,
Other languages are as capable of creativity as any other language - the reason why English is predominant goes back to the historical proliferation of the language.

 

[dbulmer]

UP,
I believe Webster's is an American dictionary - we use the Oxford dictionary and it may not have been added yet.

 

[Uncle Pug]

Actually I am open to suggestions as to a more fitting description of the DIR forum... so if anyone has an idea they would like to share please PM me.

Ummm, that would be a positive description that I'm soliciting.

 

[roccoh]

UP,
"Do it Right" from the flooded caves at Wakulla to the Andrea Doria. Find out how these divers streamline their diving for maximum safety and fun.

Bren is objecting to the ugliness of the verb - in the UK we often shudder at some of the verbal creativity expressed by Americans - some find it offensive, some find it creative.

Besides, Bren probably hasn't had any breakfast!

From the Concise OED: Streamline: 1 give (a vehicle, an object) a smooth shape which minimizes its resistance to the flow of the surrounding fluid (e.g. air, water) 2 make (an organization, process etc.) simple or more efficient or better organized.

And of course they're literally more streamlined than any other diver in the water!

Oh, and the "English" i've read here on this forum is sometimes "toe bending"... and that's a Dutch proverb!

 

[dbulmer]

lol!