Comments for OUPblog http://blog.oup.com Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend by Podsumowanie tygodnia http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/comment-page-6/#comment-155007 Podsumowanie tygodnia Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=6454#comment-155007 [...] University Press ogłosił na swoim blogu, że „unfriend” zostało słowem [...] [...] University Press ogłosił na swoim blogu, że „unfriend” zostało słowem [...]

]]> Comment on Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend by Weekly Wrapup: Google Chrome OS, Obama’s Twitter, Blogging Statistics, And More… | Techdare http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/comment-page-6/#comment-155001 Weekly Wrapup: Google Chrome OS, Obama’s Twitter, Blogging Statistics, And More… | Techdare Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:11:06 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=6454#comment-155001 [...] New Oxford American Dictionary announced its Word of the Year this week. Its selection? unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ [...] [...] New Oxford American Dictionary announced its Word of the Year this week. Its selection? unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ [...]

]]> Comment on Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend by The Techlist 21.Nov.2009 http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/comment-page-6/#comment-154996 The Techlist 21.Nov.2009 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:55:08 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=6454#comment-154996 [...] Unfriend. Word of the year, per Oxford dictionary. Sorry, but it can’t hold a candle to ‘Twhoring,’ ‘iBoner,’ and [...] [...] Unfriend. Word of the year, per Oxford dictionary. Sorry, but it can’t hold a candle to ‘Twhoring,’ ‘iBoner,’ and [...]

]]> Comment on A Toast to South African Wine: Place of The Year 2009 by Is there more “Port Wine” in the world besides the one produced in the Douro? http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/south-african-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-154994 Is there more “Port Wine” in the world besides the one produced in the Douro? Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:11:52 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=6425#comment-154994 [...] A Toast to South African Wine: Place of The Year 2009 (oup.com) [...] [...] A Toast to South African Wine: Place of The Year 2009 (oup.com) [...]

]]> Comment on Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend by Weekly Wrapup: Google Chrome OS, Obama’s Twitter, Blogging Statistics, And More… | Techno Portal http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/comment-page-6/#comment-154993 Weekly Wrapup: Google Chrome OS, Obama’s Twitter, Blogging Statistics, And More… | Techno Portal Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:46:59 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=6454#comment-154993 [...] New Oxford American Dictionary announced its Word of the Year this week. Its selection? unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ [...] [...] New Oxford American Dictionary announced its Word of the Year this week. Its selection? unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ [...]

]]> Comment on Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend by David Hay http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/comment-page-6/#comment-154992 David Hay Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:43:21 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=6454#comment-154992 In my profession of helping businesses understand their requirements for technology, I am constantly doing battle with those who only see their requirements in terms of technology. The problem with that is that business requirements are fundamentally different from the technology that will help them--this year. By definition, defining the world in terms of current technology is a dead end. While some technological words describe relatively long-lasting technology, "PCs" for personal computers, etc. Most don't. Ok, I'm an old guy who doesn't do FaceBook, but it seems to me a very particular kind of technology to be endorsed by Oxford's "Word of the Year" designation. While it may permeate certain segments of the population, I really don't think it (or any of the technological candidates) should be so endorsed. (And don't get me started on this business of using nouns as verbs...) Hrumph! Curmudgeon Dave In my profession of helping businesses understand their requirements for technology, I am constantly doing battle with those who only see their requirements in terms of technology. The problem with that is that business requirements are fundamentally different from the technology that will help them–this year. By definition, defining the world in terms of current technology is a dead end.

While some technological words describe relatively long-lasting technology, “PCs” for personal computers, etc. Most don’t.

Ok, I’m an old guy who doesn’t do FaceBook, but it seems to me a very particular kind of technology to be endorsed by Oxford’s “Word of the Year” designation. While it may permeate certain segments of the population, I really don’t think it (or any of the technological candidates) should be so endorsed.

(And don’t get me started on this business of using nouns as verbs…)

Hrumph!

Curmudgeon Dave

]]> Comment on Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend by Online Business Management Software and Services » Blog Archive » Weekly Wrapup: Google Chrome OS, Obama’s Twitter, Blogging Statistics, And More… http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/comment-page-6/#comment-154988 Online Business Management Software and Services » Blog Archive » Weekly Wrapup: Google Chrome OS, Obama’s Twitter, Blogging Statistics, And More… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:05:36 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=6454#comment-154988 [...] New Oxford American Dictionary announced its Word of the Year this week. Its selection? unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ [...] [...] New Oxford American Dictionary announced its Word of the Year this week. Its selection? unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ [...]

]]> Comment on Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend by Weekly Wrapup: Google Chrome OS, Obama’s Twitter, Blogging Statistics, And More… | Programming Blog http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/comment-page-6/#comment-154986 Weekly Wrapup: Google Chrome OS, Obama’s Twitter, Blogging Statistics, And More… | Programming Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:46:19 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=6454#comment-154986 [...] New Oxford American Dictionary announced its Word of the Year this week. Its selection? unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ [...] [...] New Oxford American Dictionary announced its Word of the Year this week. Its selection? unfriend – verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ [...]

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]]> Comment on Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend by This Week in Twitter for 11/20/2009 — Twitpocalypse Now « Church Mojo http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/comment-page-6/#comment-154978 This Week in Twitter for 11/20/2009 — Twitpocalypse Now « Church Mojo Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:10:31 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=6454#comment-154978 [...] learned this week that “unfriend” was the word of the year. That wasn’t the end of the world, though, as many Twitter words were in the [...] [...] learned this week that “unfriend” was the word of the year. That wasn’t the end of the world, though, as many Twitter words were in the [...]

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