Comments on: Don’t Shoot the Messager http://scattergather.razorfish.com/6/2009/03/09/post-1/ ideas + opinions from content strategists at Razorfish Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:42:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Carwin Biloquist http://scattergather.razorfish.com/6/2009/03/09/post-1/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Carwin Biloquist Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:56:25 +0000 http://scattergather.razorfish.com/?p=3#comment-287 I think it's grimm's law, verne's law or some other phonic manifestation in the growth of language: See: wikipedia Grimm's Law or Verne's law I think it’s grimm’s law, verne’s law or some other phonic manifestation in the growth of language:

See:

wikipedia Grimm’s Law or Verne’s law

]]> By: scatter/gather « Meaningful Data http://scattergather.razorfish.com/6/2009/03/09/post-1/comment-page-1/#comment-3 scatter/gather « Meaningful Data Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:04:50 +0000 http://scattergather.razorfish.com/?p=3#comment-3 [...] first post is called “Don’t Shoot the Messager” and it’s about a conversation I had about the discrepency between the words message [...] [...] first post is called “Don’t Shoot the Messager” and it’s about a conversation I had about the discrepency between the words message [...]

]]> By: Rachel Lovinger http://scattergather.razorfish.com/6/2009/03/09/post-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Rachel Lovinger Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:25:33 +0000 http://scattergather.razorfish.com/?p=3#comment-2 I should have expected that someone would ask that! All I've been able to find is this comment on Douglas Harper's <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/" rel="nofollow">Online Etymology Dictionary</a>: <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=messenger" rel="nofollow">messenger</a> c.1225, messager, from O.Fr. messagier, from message (see message). With parasitic -n- inserted by c.1300 for no apparent reason except that people liked to say it that way I also have an email in to Bill Bryson, so I'll let you know if he has anything else to add. I should have expected that someone would ask that! All I’ve been able to find is this comment on Douglas Harper’s Online Etymology Dictionary:

messenger
c.1225, messager, from O.Fr. messagier, from message (see message). With parasitic -n- inserted by c.1300 for no apparent reason except that people liked to say it that way

I also have an email in to Bill Bryson, so I’ll let you know if he has anything else to add.

]]> By: Christopher Fahey http://scattergather.razorfish.com/6/2009/03/09/post-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1 Christopher Fahey Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:37:29 +0000 http://scattergather.razorfish.com/?p=3#comment-1 You're killing me here. What's the answer? You’re killing me here. What’s the answer?

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