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To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (1640)	12/1/1998 8:31:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 4711

Don't get over it. Don't cringe, either. A stinging rebuke is called for, something that will demonstrate your superior intellect. I still step on people for using "research" as a verb, even though it has practically become standard usage, and nobody ever knows what I'm talking about. Gives vent to some fundamental repressed hostility, if nothing else. Steve

To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (1640)	12/1/1998 9:09:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

Steven is right -- a stinging rebuke is the proper response when you hear "architected". The fact is that there is no such verb as "to architect" -- at least, not yet. Of course, it is very easy to transform nouns into verbs, and vice versa, because they have no distinctive grammatical endings in English. We have scores of words that have long functioned as both nouns and verbs (dig, jump, run, walk, etc.), and certainly many more will ultimately be pressed into double service. If it makes you feel better, you can always add -ize to architect, to make it sound more like a "real" verb. How does "architectized" or simply "architized" grab you? Please, no squishy tomatoes! No rotten eggs, please! Eeeuuw..... jbe