# Another question for Linguists-- "Install" v. "Installation"

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**Created:** [June 21, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-for-linguists-install-v-installation/1019938 "2025-06-21T16:26:54Z")
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### Author: ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-for-linguists-install-v-installation/1019938/8 "2025-06-21T20:44:14Z")

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Real linguists don’t even care about questions like this one because they have more interesting and more important things to study. As @Andy_L put it so felicitously in the [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-linguists-considered-view-on-the-prescriptive-vs-descriptive-controversy/1019735) I started on this subject,

> asking a professional linguist about the line between good and bad English usage would be something like asking a sociologist about which fork to use at dinner with the Queen

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