John Winter
Hero Member
I donāt know what word you use in the States when you find just a piece of an object (relic) and post in on a forum for identification. This short tale is how a word we use in the UK came about.
Just as new coins are made in a mint, people can invent new words. Many have entered the English language because people have ācoinedā them. A good friend of mine who used to write for magazines started using the word Partefact many years before but it wasnāt until 1997 he explained how it had come about. He said:
āI felt the description āfragmentā was unsatisfactory and rather down-putting. On mature reflection I have to concede I did not make a good choice, and one or two people have told me that they āhateā the word.ā
What do you think? I havenāt seen the word used on here, but I can tell you that the word coined by my friend has entered the detectorist lexicon and is universally used in the UK. Furthermore, I canāt think of any better!
ONE OF MY āPARTEFACTSā
Just as new coins are made in a mint, people can invent new words. Many have entered the English language because people have ācoinedā them. A good friend of mine who used to write for magazines started using the word Partefact many years before but it wasnāt until 1997 he explained how it had come about. He said:
āI felt the description āfragmentā was unsatisfactory and rather down-putting. On mature reflection I have to concede I did not make a good choice, and one or two people have told me that they āhateā the word.ā
What do you think? I havenāt seen the word used on here, but I can tell you that the word coined by my friend has entered the detectorist lexicon and is universally used in the UK. Furthermore, I canāt think of any better!
ONE OF MY āPARTEFACTSā