Re: "layouting," ugh.

Subject: Re: "layouting," ugh.
From: "Elisa R. Sawyer" <elisawyer -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:41:53 -0700

I spent a little over six months in China in 2002, and was struck with the
fact that when I returned, American English had changed. When we are living
in the midst of the changes, we don't notice them as much.

-Elisa

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 5:39 PM, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:

> I used a "new" word once and someone told me it wasn't a word. I then
> said, "That's the evolution of language. Old people get used to language
> being a certain way and then younguns come around and change everything."
>
> Layouting, as grating as it sounds, might be a new word that may either
> stay or get deleted.
>
> https://www.slideshare.net/edwardmarcelino1/layouting-64816363
>
>
> On 3/29/2018 2:39 PM, Elisa R. Sawyer wrote:
>
>> Someone who has veto power over my edits appears to love the word
>> "Layouting," and appears to have added back the "ing" that I took out.
>>
>
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