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Re: is "technologies" a word?

Subject: Re: is "technologies" a word?
From: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:44:53 -0400




Alessandro Ansa wrote:

I still think someone's got to say something when useful words like
technology, solution, architecture losing their meaning as marketeers
randomly insert them in their blurbs simply to create a general
impression of sophistication.


If it were not for those "marketeers," you may end up with a wharehouse full of widgets that nobody knows about. Languages are always in a constant state of evolution. What was proper in 1900 is archaic in 2000. Technologies is a plural of technology, not a buzzword or slang. However, with that said, I have noticed a plethora or new terms using "up" as a prefix to make the product sound more advanced than it is. However, I don't blame the copywriter as much as the advertising manager who allowed the garbage to make it through the review process, or for not having a review process.

Just my 2.45698309 cents worth.

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References:
Re: Remember we werer discussing NO and drowned data on the list?: From: Gene Kim-Eng
is "technologies" a word?: From: Kevin McGowan
Re: is "technologies" a word?: From: Alessandro Ansa
Re: is "technologies" a word?: From: Bruce Byfield
Re: is "technologies" a word?: From: Alessandro Ansa

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