Tollef Fog Heen writes ("Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers"): > They might want to consult a dictionary then,
I. Chambers English Dictionary (1994 edition, which is what I have): prevaricate (vi) to avoid stating the truth or coming directly to the point; to quibble. [And a bunch of other meanings labelled `(obs)'.] II. You're a linguistic prescriptivist ? III. Anyway, I have explained what I meant. I apologise for giving offence by using a word that American dictionaries think means something much more critical than I intended. -- Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> These opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.