Bshowerthoughts·ShowerthoughtsbyBluegrass_Addict You can checkout, but you can never checkin. You will only ever check in, or check-inView original on lemmy.ca23Comments11
SSwingingTheLamp piefed.zip1Hide 1 replyIn my mind, I can't checkout, because it's a noun or an adjective. I always do verbs, so I check out.12
mmoakley replylemmy.worldExactly. I also try only to do verbs, although occasionally I verb nouns. Regardless, the counter you check out at is the checkout counter, while the counter you check in at is the check-in counter. So OP does still have a point.4
「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed) sh.itjust.works3Hide 3 repliesBut: Log in... Login... 🤔 (pretty sure "Login" is a word... right?)4
rockerface🇺🇦 replylemmy.cafeIt is, but it wasn't always. Just like "today" was originally "to day" and then "to-day". People simplify stuff they use a lot.5
BBluegrass_Addict replylemmy.caor if Canadian, logging. Some Canadians may be reverted to childhood from watching/hearing this song. Logdivers Waltz1
ssurewhynotlem lemmy.worldCheckout is a noun. It's the registers at the end of the grocery store. Checkin is also a noun. It means the front desk of a hotel. Once you start verbing either of those, you need to split the words up. I don't know why, I don't make the rules.1
I’m checkin this out right now
In my mind, I can't checkout, because it's a noun or an adjective. I always do verbs, so I check out.
Exactly. I also try only to do verbs, although occasionally I verb nouns.
Regardless, the counter you check out at is the checkout counter, while the counter you check in at is the check-in counter. So OP does still have a point.
But: Log in... Login... 🤔
(pretty sure "Login" is a word... right?)
It is, but it wasn't always.
Just like "today" was originally "to day" and then "to-day". People simplify stuff they use a lot.
or if Canadian, logging.
Some Canadians may be reverted to childhood from watching/hearing this song. Logdivers Waltz
I logged all of my work for years and it shows that I’m not a logger.
Checkout is a noun. It's the registers at the end of the grocery store.
Checkin is also a noun. It means the front desk of a hotel.
Once you start verbing either of those, you need to split the words up. I don't know why, I don't make the rules.
You can check-out anytime you'd like, but you can never leave.
Checkout is a noun. You can only check out.