on 2/10/02 10:40 pm, Jon Gabriel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Jeroen, you've stated onlist before about how your English language skills > reflect that you are not a native English speaker. Allow me to correct your > misinterpretation of the word "antisemitism" by presenting some valid source > material: > >> From Miriam Webster's online dictionary: > (www.m-w.com) > One entry found for anti-Semitism. > Main Entry: an�ti-Sem�i�tism > Pronunciation: "an-ti-'se-m&-"ti-z&m, "an-"tI- > Function: noun > Date: 1882 > : hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or > racial group > - an�ti-Se�mit�ic /-s&-'mi-tik/ adjective > - an�ti-Sem�ite /-'se-"mIt/ noun > > The American Heritage dictionary, which I have on my desk at work lists the > following definitions for antisemitism: > n. 1. Hostility toward or prejudice against Jews or Judaism. 2. > Discrimination against Jews. > > The American Heritage dictionary may have an online site... I just don't > have time to check right now. > > Since both the Miriam Webster and American Heritage dictionaries are > accepted as one of the authoritative sources for spelling and definitions of > English, your definition of antisemitism as listed in your message (quoted > above) is incorrect. In modern parlance, indeed in proper English usage > antisemitism is defined as someone who is anti-Jew, not anti-Jew and > anti-Arab. > > So, in reference to your statement: > >>> It is one of the major flaws in the "logic" of the >> fanatically-pro-Israel >>> crowd. > > This is not a flaw in their logic. They are using the word properly and you > are not. > > I hope this clears things up. >From Chambers 20th Century Dictionary (the /other/ main British Dictionary) "Anti-Semite a hater of Semites, esp. Jews, or of their influence. - adj. Anti-Semitic. - n. Semite n. a member of any of the peoples said (Gen. X) to be descended from Shem or speaking a Semitic language. Semitic languages : Assyrian, Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician, Arabic, Ethiopic etc." We obviously use different definitions in the Old World. -- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
