- To send a route (in rock climbing). "A 'send' is a clean ascent of a route without taking in slack or falling."#
- I can't think of any time when send means something like this, except in rock climbing. People keep tinkering with the language. The language is alive and changing because people want to name the things that matter to them, and sometimes there is no ready word. So they adapt or invent, because their needs and desires matter. Too bad, English teachers, it's just too bad. Get used to it. (Most are used to it, I think. I know I was, when I still taught.)#
- When it's safe to speak, people prefer speech over silence, as we all know. There's a lot of desire out there in the world needing to be expressed.#
- To send a route (in rock climbing). "A 'send' is a clean ascent of a route without taking in slack or falling."#
- I can't think of any time when send means something like this, except in rock climbing. People keep tinkering with the language. The language is alive and changing because people want to name the things that matter to them, and sometimes there is no ready word. So they adapt or invent, because their needs and desires matter. Too bad, English teachers, it's just too bad. Get used to it. (Most are used to it, I think. I know I was, when I still taught.)#
- When it's safe to speak, people prefer speech over silence, as we all know. There's a lot of desire out there in the world needing to be expressed.#