Re: [LUG] Promoting GNU/Linux through computer shop

[Thorsten Ruffle-Brandt <trb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Terence McCarthy wrote:
> I'm not intending to be pedantic (although I realise it may be
> seen as such, and may indeed be true, in a strict sense), but I
> hate neologisms. There is no verb "To administrate" to my
> knowledge (I'll check the OED later).

It pains me as much as you, Terence, but dict.org tells me the 
following:

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2 definitions found for administrate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : 
 Administrate \Ad*min"is*trate\, v. t. [L. administratus, p. p.
    of administrare.]
    To administer. [R.] --Milman.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : 
 administrate
      v : work in an administrative capacity; supervise; 
"administer a program" [syn: administer]
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That doesn't a make it pretty, though! :-/

Cheers,
T.

-- 
Don't tempt fate, never eat late
And stay away from Yeovil town. --SoH

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