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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Complaining about evolving language is about as basic, UMC as you can get.

I took "keyboarding" in HS in 1993.  it has existed for ages.

My crotchety ASD father likes to complain about language evaluation - stuff like verbing, and adding an extra word to action verbs (like "swapping out" instead of just saying "swapping" - he things is SOOOOO low class).  I think it's a sad way of lording your UMC education over someone who may not have had access to that type of grammar growing up - but is just as, or far more, intelligent and educated -just didn't have the consistent access to grammar.  Basically, complaining about grammar is the equivalent of a grumpy old man yelling "get off my lawn!!!".  
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I have always called it typing. Typewriters have keys. Keyboards have keys. One types on keys. Keying might the most appropriate gerund. [/quote]

English frequently offers two or more words to say the same thing, and often the words don’t exactly make sense. One that comes to mind is butterfly; the word made sense when it was “flutterby” but nobody complains that “butterfly” doesn’t mean butter flying. [/quote]

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