tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post259935102717907841..comments2024-03-28T19:45:08.560-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Portrait of the blogger as a young manMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-26787406102972228532014-06-12T11:31:39.991-05:002014-06-12T11:31:39.991-05:00It is an really great portrait and the anonymous c...It is an really great portrait and the anonymous commentee seems a little snooty. :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-77840641582198578432014-06-12T01:19:24.756-05:002014-06-12T01:19:24.756-05:00It's been in the dictionary since at least 193...It's been in the dictionary since <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attendee" rel="nofollow">at least 1937</a>. Don't let prescriptivists intimidate you.Drabkikkerhttp://drabkikker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-40344384322969013082013-08-15T03:40:22.335-05:002013-08-15T03:40:22.335-05:00That's an awesome portrait!That's an awesome portrait!Yousnasseroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13862938924453960200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-24229693809696846082013-08-14T17:09:59.155-05:002013-08-14T17:09:59.155-05:00Give me a break anonymous. That's the beaut...Give me a break anonymous. That's the beauty of the English language, it's malleability, it's fluidity. The English of today is not like the English of centuries past because why? It's been mangled!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-86642511335185272202013-08-14T06:46:45.593-05:002013-08-14T06:46:45.593-05:00Fixed. Thanks - I wasn't aware that "att...Fixed. Thanks - I wasn't aware that "attendee" wasn't in the dictionary.<br />Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-70601282564310980552013-08-14T01:55:03.059-05:002013-08-14T01:55:03.059-05:00Attender.
A person who is paid is a payee; the pe...Attender.<br /><br />A person who is paid is a payee; the person paying is a payer.<br />A person who takes a mortgage is a mortgagee, the person granting is a mortgagor.<br />A person to whom a letter is addressed is the addressee, the writer is the addressor.<br />A person who is trusted to carry out a trust is a trustee.<br /><br />In other words, by centuries-long usage, the suffix ~ee is applied to the passive role. The person who attends a meeting, symposium, conference, etc. is in an active role. They can be an invit<b>ee</b>, but they must be an attend<b>er</b>.<br /><br />Another example of how barely-literate American management graduates are mangling the language by inventing words at a whim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-91362684122136392102013-08-13T23:31:23.497-05:002013-08-13T23:31:23.497-05:00Oh, show us the card trick! Show us the card trick...Oh, show us the card trick! Show us the card trick, please.Bubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367554651401120819noreply@blogger.com