Could anyone tell me if this is a word

tbs · 9 Oct 2009 at 02:34

well apparently its a word http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...g&client=opera#v=onepage&q=encounting&f=false

tbs · 9 Oct 2009 at 02:35

yes, this debate is still going on in real life

kylew · 9 Oct 2009 at 02:44

Maybe it's some word only old farts use and has fallen out of common use, so therefore has been removed from dictionaries?

I can't say I've heard the word encounting myself though.

marley82 · 9 Oct 2009 at 03:51

Rotty said:
ABSOLUTELY NOT

Fido McNasty · 9 Oct 2009 at 04:14

Not that I know of. Unless someone has it confused with the phrase 'and counting', which is a good time to be standing anywhere exept under the shuttles engines.

semi-pro waster · 9 Oct 2009 at 07:39

tbs said:
well apparently its a word http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...g&client=opera#v=onepage&q=encounting&f=false

I've got my distinct suspicions that they've simply made a mistake there, they are trying to take the word "encounter" and make an action of it I believe - this should lead to "encountering" rather than dropping the "er" from it before adding the "ing". It wouldn't be the first or last time that there will be a failure in the proof reading section. It is I suppose just about possible that there is a specific use of the word in astrophysics but that means that it can only be correct in a very specific context.

Vonhelmet · 9 Oct 2009 at 07:42

If it was a word it would probably mean you were bringing something with your count, like including.

gillywibble · 9 Oct 2009 at 08:06

Responces? No.

B@Th*nG · 9 Oct 2009 at 09:05

do you mean recounting or encountered? :S

B@

Deadbeat · 9 Oct 2009 at 09:09

If it is, it shouldn't be.

nikebee · 9 Oct 2009 at 09:14

semi-pro waster said:
I've got my distinct suspicions that they've simply made a mistake there, they are trying to take the word "encounter" and make an action of it I believe - this should lead to "encountering" rather than dropping the "er" from it before adding the "ing". It wouldn't be the first or last time that there will be a failure in the proof reading section. It is I suppose just about possible that there is a specific use of the word in astrophysics but that means that it can only be correct in a very specific context.

My thoughts exactly.

Finding it in a book doesn't mean it's correct. It merely means the book wasn't proof read well enough.

mollymoo · 9 Oct 2009 at 09:15

Isn't it something along the lines of discounting ..........

kevmeister · 9 Oct 2009 at 09:17

"What's the ETA on the missile?"

"33 seconds encounting" LOL

spoonz · 9 Oct 2009 at 09:41

encounting = counting out loud to 100 with a stranger you just met in a tube station in East Ham

div0 · 9 Oct 2009 at 09:46

It does seem to be used occasionally in physics as a replacement for 'encountering'. But I don't believe it is correct to do so.

bledd · 9 Oct 2009 at 09:48

it's almost christmas!, 11 weeks encounting!

Cosimo · 9 Oct 2009 at 10:10

"Close Encounting of the Third Kind"

bakes0310 · 9 Oct 2009 at 10:23

If it aint in the dictionary it doesnt mean it aint a word. For example im from somerset and we got all sorts of words that is not in there.
Gert
Fostering
t'isnt
t'is
t'wasnt

All you non somerset people see if you can make out the above

gjrc · 9 Oct 2009 at 10:27

Rotty said:
LISTEN TO ME

IT'S NOT

markweatherill · 9 Oct 2009 at 10:29

Maybe someone thinks that the verb for having an encounter should be something other than 'encounter'.
A bit like the pupil of a mentor being a 'mentee' which believe it or not I've seen used seriously.