On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Tom Piwowar <[email protected]> wrote: > >conform to the EU dictates > > Watch your language and tone down the propaganda please! >
Where did you learn the definition of Dictates, Limbaugh? I used in the sense of a directive or a command. No propaganda intended it is perfectly normal use of the word. JDY >From the free dictionary-dic·tate (dktt, dk-tt)*v.* *dic·tat·ed*, * dic·tat·ing*, *dic·tates* *v.**tr.**1. * To say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another: dictate a letter. *2. **a. * To prescribe with authority; impose: dictated the rules of the game. *b. * To control or command: "Foreign leaders were . . . dictated by their own circumstances, bound by the universal imperatives of politics" Doris Kearns Goodwin. *v.**intr.**1. * To say or read aloud material to be recorded or written by another: dictated for an hour before leaving for the day. *2. * To issue orders or commands. *n.* (dktt)*1. * A directive; a command. *2. * A guiding principle: followed the dictates of my conscience. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
