Joe wrote these words on 03/10/08 19:44 CST: > Randy McMurchy wrote: >> "Pernickity" ?? >> >> I had to look in the dictionary. *And you misspelled it* :-) >> My dictionary has "persnickity", which would be the perfect word >> in the context you used it. >> > FWIW, the correct word is "persnickety" so maybe you need to buy a new > dictionary.
It appears you are correct! Oh, wait a minute, my dictionary actually says this: per·snick·e·ty (p…r-sn¹k“¹-t¶) adj. 1.a. Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious. b. Snobbish; pretentious. 2. Requiring strict attention to detail; demanding. --per·snick“e·ti·ness n. So, in actuality, you're correcting my typographical error. How nice of you to point that out. I noticed you appear serious in your delivery as well. Boy, you've really contributed (you can take the "boy" as you wish, I meant it literally) to this discussion! -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.22] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 21:02:00 up 22 days, 11:50, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
