I wrote yesterday about false etymologies—all with an eye of writing this post today. I use the word stakeholder a lot in project approaches and cover letters. I'm referring to anyone with an "interest" in the project, financial or otherwise. I'll often modify the noun to fit: "community" stakeholders, "key" stakeholders, "internal" stakeholders. A lot … Continue reading On “stakeholder” and my preferred (but false) etymology
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On the frustration and lure of false etymologies
People are always surprised to learn that dictionary editors aren’t strict grammarians, the unbending defenders of some frozen version of the English language. I was, too, when I started working my marketing job at Oxford Dictionaries. The editors’ motives were far more documentary than I’d expected. They loved words, and respected the odd ways that … Continue reading On the frustration and lure of false etymologies
