Dan Minette wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
>
> > Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> > > Look up anti-Semitic, not Semite. Or, are you arguing that English is
> a
> > > language that doesn't have exceptions to the rules. I think that is a
> > > badder thing to do than assuming that there are many rule exceptions in
> > > English that are still part of the language.
> >
> > Speaking of which, you missed one such exception. Shouldn't it be
> > "worse", not "badder"? :)
>
> By golly, I think you are right. I am embarasser than you can imagine. :-)
Shouldn't that be "embarrasseder"? "Embarrasser" doesn't make sense,
while "embarrasseder" would. (Of course, it's "more embarrassed." And
you dropped an "r". And I'm *not* going to shut down my window for the
OED online now. :P )
Julia
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