Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!bobn From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Is English decaying rapidly? Message-ID: <1937@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 13:44:00 EDT Article-I.D.: bmcg.1937 Posted: Mon Oct 14 13:44:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Oct-85 08:08:31 EDT References: <1427@cae780.UUCP> <10600196@uiucdcs> Organization: Burroughs Corp. ASG, San Diego, CA. Lines: 10 > > > Where did "deplane" come from? I don't debus the bus so why should > > I deplane the plane? > > You've obviously never been to Fantasy Island. The line is: "Bus, deplane! > Deplane", not the other way around. > > Ken Kaufman (uiucdcs!kaufman) What I want to know is when did the word 'access' become a verb?