[Magdalen] Fwd: Whither to lie and to lay?

[Jay Weigel]

Anyone for a game of corporate-speak bingo?

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "Impact," though, has an exact synonym in "affect," and is one of
> those word that boring-izes otherwise readable text. It's
> corporate-speak.
>
> I know that even synonyms can add subtle shades of meaning, and I
> suppose "impact" is meant to sound more damaging than "affect," but
> whatever. <yawning...not at you but at boring corporate-speak>
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > I have little problem with new uses for existing words, and direct
> > importation of words into English.  The language has been always
> > very good at this.
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> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>