Comment on Scribd's decision to dump flash pays off, user engagement triplesparentComments−hexis16yI understand your point and have sympathy for it, but I just can't go along with it. I know it's just the grumpy old man in me, but I still prefer to push back (gently, I hope) against the misuse of words and phrases.−omaranto16yI think you mean "against the use of words and phrases", as it is not a misuse to give them their current meanings. ;)−hexis16yThis is rapidly turning into Humpty-Dumpty-ism.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty#In_Through_the_Lo...
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I understand your point and have sympathy for it, but I just can't go along with it. I know it's just the grumpy old man in me, but I still prefer to push back (gently, I hope) against the misuse of words and phrases.
I think you mean "against the use of words and phrases", as it is not a misuse to give them their current meanings. ;)
This is rapidly turning into Humpty-Dumpty-ism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty#In_Through_the_Lo...