"Automatize"

[Benjamin Barrett]

That's what I usually say. I'll try to not use that in writing again, though. BB

On Jun 20, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:

> On Jun 20, 2012, at 10:27 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>
>> I love this feature. Sometimes, particularly on obscure scientific terms, it'll ask me if I meant something else that actually gets less hits, but a great deal of the time, Google's suggestions help me hone in on
>
> [sic]?  or intended?
>
> LH
>
>> the expression I'm looking for.
>>
>> Google isn't ignoring anything widespread at all and in fact gives a definition for automatize on top of the hits.
>>
>> Benjamin Barrett
>> Seattle, WA
>>
>> On Jun 20, 2012, at 6:51 PM, David Barnhart wrote:
>>
>>> Google asks:????
>>>
>>> What do the Google people know.  If they can't consider the widespread
>>> distribution of the term in so many dictionaries, why not complain directly
>>> to Google.  Maybe they'll wise up to the fact that they have enough space in
>>> the cloud to include everything.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> David
>>>
>>> barnhart at highlands.com

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