[Air-L] methods and methodologist

Barry Wellman wellman at chass.utoronto.ca
Mon Feb 8 17:38:04 PST 2010


My heuristic, if you're over 50 and not post-modern & feel secure, you say
Methods.
Otherwise, you say Methodology.

Folks who say Methodology when they mean Methods lose 1 style point when I
referee. (OMG, I've outed myself!)

 Barry Wellman
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