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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "adhocracy" #124837 03/08/2004 5:26 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City How would you spell this: "ad hocracy" adhocracy" "..."? ...and... Why am I reading this book? Was it one of you who menitioned "Smart Mobs," recently? I can't remember. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "adhocracy" #124838 03/08/2004 5:28 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I think I'd catenate it all into one word. Adhocracy works for me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "adhocracy" #124839 03/08/2004 5:31 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country Why am I reading this book? Maybe you've gone Ad Hoc-crazy. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "adhocracy" #124840 03/08/2004 6:14 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 I think I prefer ad hocracy. Rr could we hyphen it to ad-hocracy? When it is spelled adhocracy, I think the the 'h' tends to go silent. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "adhocracy" #124841 03/08/2004 6:18 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 But when you spell it ad hocracy it looks like the word is hocracy and you are somehow adding to it. Maybe the hyphen is a good compromise. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "adhocracy" #124842 03/08/2004 6:46 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country But when you spell it ad hocracy it looks like the word is hocracy and you are somehow adding to it. With respect, it does look like "hocracy" and you are adding to it ... which is just exactly what is intended. The play is on the words "ad hoc": two separate words without benefit of hyphenation. Anyone who doesn't get "ad hocracy", doesn't get "ad hoc", so the play on words is lost on them in any event. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "adhocracy" #124843 03/08/2004 7:02 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I think I'm with Faldage, "adhocracy," as long as other Latinists are comfortable. Probably less confusing, all in all. I take it, it wasn't here "Smart Mobs" was mentioned. (Interesting read). tx Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ad hoc #124844 03/08/2004 8:32 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country I think I'm with Faldage "adhocracy" It's your Q so it's your call, inselpeter. It looks as if it has been used both ways. For instance, as "Ad Hocracy" as the lead in this article: Judicial Ad Hocracy: The Right to Free Speech is Not the "Right to an Audience" http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1704 As well as in this definition (worldreference.com) ad hocracy [æd'hɒkrəsý] noun: management that responds to urgent problems rather than planning to avoid them The term has been around much longer than the book so I guess you can ad hoc it anyway you want. [I guess you will anyway. ] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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