Wednesday, December 14, 2005
"Your Amazon.co.uk order has dispatched"
According to Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: dis·patch
Etymology: Spanish despachar or Italian dispacciare, from Provençal despachar to get rid of, from Middle French despeechier to set free, from Old French, from des- dis- + -peechier (as in empeechier to hinder)
Transitive senses
1 : to send off or away with promptness or speed; especially : to send off on official business
2 a : to kill with quick efficiency
b obsolete : deprive
3 : to dispose of (as a task) rapidly or efficiently
4 : defeat
Intransitive senses
1 archaic : to make haste : hurry
This makes me so angry. How could Amazon be so stupid? They are after all a vaguely literary organisation. Perhaps it derives (falsely) from the even dimmer Word grammar checker that tries to remove all uses of the passive.
According to Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: dis·patch
Etymology: Spanish despachar or Italian dispacciare, from Provençal despachar to get rid of, from Middle French despeechier to set free, from Old French, from des- dis- + -peechier (as in empeechier to hinder)
Transitive senses
1 : to send off or away with promptness or speed; especially : to send off on official business
2 a : to kill with quick efficiency
b obsolete : deprive
3 : to dispose of (as a task) rapidly or efficiently
4 : defeat
Intransitive senses
1 archaic : to make haste : hurry
This makes me so angry. How could Amazon be so stupid? They are after all a vaguely literary organisation. Perhaps it derives (falsely) from the even dimmer Word grammar checker that tries to remove all uses of the passive.
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