Humans are Weird IRL - Gaining Access
Me in my best Ranger Voice: It really is a fascinating question. As a scientist I am bound to precise accuracy, but one must bow to common usage in many ways. I had quite the row with a co-worker this morning when she very pointedly said she was accessing the internet. Now I know she knows better but just to be sure I described the traditional use of access as a noun and how using it as a verb was a perversion of the late twentieth century. All this did was inspire her to make direct eye contact with me before stating that she was accessing the internet. I calmly but firmly replied that she was gaining access.
Glassy Eyed Tourist: But..I just asked what you were doing out here on the roadside in the snow....
Me: Oh, well that was when my boss kicked me out of the office.
Me in my best Ranger Voice: It really is a fascinating question. As a scientist I am bound to precise accuracy, but one must bow to common usage in many ways. I had quite the row with a co-worker this morning when she very pointedly said she was accessing the internet. Now I know she knows better but just to be sure I described the traditional use of access as a noun and how using it as a verb was a perversion of the late twentieth century. All this did was inspire her to make direct eye contact with me before stating that she was accessing the internet. I calmly but firmly replied that she was gaining access.
Glassy Eyed Tourist: But..I just asked what you were doing out here on the roadside in the snow....
Me: Oh, well that was when my boss kicked me out of the office.
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