In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The difference in creativity between giving a phone number and > giving a definition seems so obvious that I can't really understand > why you equate them. >Because there is no creative thought process in giving meaning to >words that already exist. Again, this assertion seems completely bizarre. If it were so, why would we regard some dictionaries' definitions as better than others? There is not a single, correct definition of any English word. There are many ways of describing what a word means, and coming up with a good one is a creative process. -- Richard _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
