11-12-2021, 11:28 AM
And another I've just remembered, the conversion of the noun reference to the verb "to reference " . I used to go to the reference library (NOT lyeberry!) to refer to an informative book or person or I might refer to a person or object in conversation. Now everyone seems to have added the extra ugly syllable to give weight to their linguistic skill (?)
The reference department in the old Victorian-built library was wonderful. I'd go in asking for an obscure fact and the librarian was always most helpful pointing me in the right direction. If there was no result, the British Library was only 25 miles away at Thorpe Arch and within a week one or two appropriate and arcane volumes would arrive which I was allowed to take away for a maximum of 14 days. I can now get as good a result from the matchbox size computer I carry in my pocket.
Eeh, them were the days!
The reference department in the old Victorian-built library was wonderful. I'd go in asking for an obscure fact and the librarian was always most helpful pointing me in the right direction. If there was no result, the British Library was only 25 miles away at Thorpe Arch and within a week one or two appropriate and arcane volumes would arrive which I was allowed to take away for a maximum of 14 days. I can now get as good a result from the matchbox size computer I carry in my pocket.
Eeh, them were the days!