Comments on: Agence France Presse, I love ya! http://www.paul-moor.com/2007/06/22/agence-france-presse-i-love-ya/ Life, people, and Kultur Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:43:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Colm Smyth http://www.paul-moor.com/2007/06/22/agence-france-presse-i-love-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Colm Smyth Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:58:10 +0000 http://www.paul-moor.com/2007/06/22/agence-france-presse-i-love-ya/#comment-69 The term "monetize" is old news ('90's) and blog is the standard abbreviation for "weblog" for at least 7 years. At first I found the American trend to verb-ize things equally puke-provoking, but I've <a href="http://colmsmyth.blogspot.com/2007/06/top-5-hated-words-may-english-language.html" rel="nofollow">changed my mind</a>. Innovation within a language is good, stasis marks the end of a culture and regression would naturally be double-plus-ungood. The term “monetize” is old news (’90′s) and blog is the standard abbreviation for “weblog” for at least 7 years. At first I found the American trend to verb-ize things equally puke-provoking, but I’ve changed my mind. Innovation within a language is good, stasis marks the end of a culture and regression would naturally be double-plus-ungood.

]]> By: Margo http://www.paul-moor.com/2007/06/22/agence-france-presse-i-love-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Margo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:12:57 +0000 http://www.paul-moor.com/2007/06/22/agence-france-presse-i-love-ya/#comment-63 The inventor of the word "blog" is probably... Theodor Seuss Geisel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss He invented it in... 1953 ! http://roughdraft.typepad.com/mominthemirror/2003/09/dr_seuss_on_blo.html The inventor of the word “blog” is probably… Theodor Seuss Geisel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss

He invented it in… 1953 !

http://roughdraft.typepad.com/mominthemirror/2003/09/dr_seuss_on_blo.html

]]> By: During my absence | It’s News to Me http://www.paul-moor.com/2007/06/22/agence-france-presse-i-love-ya/comment-page-1/#comment-62 During my absence | It’s News to Me Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:56:40 +0000 http://www.paul-moor.com/2007/06/22/agence-france-presse-i-love-ya/#comment-62 [...] developed a fairly large following very quickly and his statistics show it.  And despite his curmudgeonly complaining about various aspects of blogging, he does seem to have a real passion for it and a delight in the [...] [...] developed a fairly large following very quickly and his statistics show it.  And despite his curmudgeonly complaining about various aspects of blogging, he does seem to have a real passion for it and a delight in the [...]

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