Saxonism .... "The truth is perhaps that conscious deliberate Saxonism is folly, that the choice or rejection of particular words should depend not on their descent but on considerations of expressiveness, brevity, euphony or ease of handling"
from 'Modern English Usage' .. H.W. Fowler -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Randall Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:52 AM To: General forum Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] anadic vs niladic Boyko Bantchev wrote: > `Nil' is Latin, so niladic is > ill-formed, Latin-Greek. ...yet we get on fine with 'television'. While we're being picky, what about Fowler's rule 5, "Prefer the Saxon word to the Romance"? Best wishes, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
