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Post #56,915 by drewk 10/15/02 9:19:38 AM Reply	Must ... not ... pick ... nits ... ... ... GAAAH This was the best I could come up with to impact the least number of people. impact - Function: verb Etymology: Latin impactus, past participle of impingere to push against -- more at IMPINGE Date: 1601 transitive senses 1 a : to fix firmly by or as if by packing or wedging b : to press together affect - Function: transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from affectus, past participle of afficere Date: 15th century : to produce an effect upon: [pant pant pant] Sorry. Until it became a buzzword, no one used the word "impact" as a verb except dentists. It still sounds buzzwordy to me, considering it could be replaced by "affect" in nearly every case. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #56,920 by admin 10/15/02 9:27:39 AM Reply	Errrr.... Quote the rest of that definition from Merriam-Webster, you knob: 2 a : to have an impact on : impinge on b : to strike forcefully; also : to cause to strike forcefully So, let's go see what 'impinge' means here, kids: Function:\tintransitive verb Inflected Form(s):\tim\ufffdpinged; im\ufffdping\ufffding Etymology:\tLatin impingere, from in- + pangere to fasten, drive in -- more at [link\|dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=pact\|PACT] Date:\t1605 1 : to strike or dash especially with a sharp collision <I heard the rain impinge upon the earth -- James Joyce> 2 : to have an effect : make an impression <waiting for the germ of a new idea to impinge upon my mind -- Phyllis Bentley> 3 : [link\|dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=encroach\|ENCROACH], [link\|dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=infringe\|INFRINGE] <impinge on other people's rights> They had buzzwords back in 1605...? Sorry. Drive through, thanks for playing. ;-) Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #56,924 by drewk 10/15/02 9:57:35 AM Reply	Yeah yeah, I know But think about it. Until the last 5-10 years, anyone saying what you did would have used the word "affect". Then some copywriter realized that "imapct" had more ... impact. Now all the marketspeak uses it exclusively; they never say "affect" when "impact" can work. That, to me, qualifies it as primarily a buzzword. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #57,105 by wharris2 10/15/02 11:10:21 PM Reply	Waitaminute You're delivering a speech explaining why marketers might be correct but maybe wrong... trailing off... nevermind, marketers are never right. The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle

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