[Ads-l] Upskill

[Margaret Winters]

I must admit I didn't think of looking in the OED for something which seemed so trendy.  Thanks - and for the threads too.

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MARGARET E WINTERS
Former Provost
Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI  48202

mewinters at wayne.edu


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It is an interesting term. Andy Bach started a thread about "upskill"
in November 2017.
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2017-November/150068.html

OED has an entry for "upskill"; Messages in the thread provided
citations and mentioned related terms: reskill and deskill.
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2017-November/150069.html
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2017-November/150097.html

Andy Bach also initiated a thread about "skill up" in June 2019.
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2019-June/154786.html

Here is a 1969 citation for "skilling up"
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2019-June/154789.html

Garson

On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 11:07 AM Margaret Winters <mewinters at wayne.edu> wrote:
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> MARGARET E WINTERS
> Former Provost
> Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
> Wayne State University
> Detroit, MI  48202
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> mewinters at wayne.edu
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