Quote Originally Posted by Dragon's muse View Post
i prefer mentee. i call myself a mentor, therefore those for whom i am mentor, are my mentees. Which is infinitely better than being a manatee.
Language is a living thing - but you Americans really do come up with some abortions and pass them off as words - lol.

Protege is a perfectly fine (and established) word. And the root word gives the correct feeling for how a mentor behaves (or should behave) as well. Ah well.

I'll wait until I become a mentor myself - then crucify anyone who refers to him/herself as my mentee. Dean can hold the nails.

mentee, prioritize, even heard one broacaster talking about broadcastize - abortions - lol - right up there with ez (for easy) and nite (instead of night). Samuel Webster must be spinning in his grave ***weg***