On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Blaicher, Chris <[email protected]>wrote:
> I am glad someone keeps us on our toes, language-wise, as John does, but I > think there is a time and place for it. The original poster is obviously new > to multi-tasking and the many problems that go with it, so why burden him > with having to dig through a dictionary to know if what is being said is > important or not. > > Yes, some words carry a nuance that another word doesn't, like 'tome' > rather than 'book' when you want to convey it is a large heavy book. > > The use of naïf over novice was unfortunate as naïf has a more negative > connotation than novice. A naïf is a naive person, or one who is artless or > unsophisticated. A novice is a beginner. By the questions asked, the > poster was a beginner, but then at one point weren't we all. > > I think we all have a tendency to show off a little bit, myself included. > My point is: gear the answer to the level of the questioner. If on a > Friday John wants to send out an email that will keep us digging in our > dictionaries for a week, that is fine by me, but doing it to a person who is > trying to get his feet wet is over doing it. > > Thanks for making my point better that I did. You understood the meaning of my request precisely. Sam > My two cents for a Monday (ugh!) morning. > > > Christopher Y. Blaicher > Senior Software Developer > Austin Development Lab > > phone: 512.340.6154 > mobile: 512.627.3803 > fax: 512.340.6647 > > 10431 Morado Circle > Austin, TX 78759 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tony's FRONTIER account > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 9:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ATTACH > > It's part of my enjoyment of John Gilmore that many of his words have sent > me to > various web sites for definition. But now I just wish I knew how to > squash > the a and the e together. > > :-) > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "john gilmore" <[email protected]> > > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 8:31 PM > > Subject: Re: ATTACH > > > > > > My problem in all of this is that I am unfamiliar with the term eduction > > as anything but a technical one in geology. > > > > It is not I suppose impossible, on the principles of English word > > formation, as a substantive formed from educe (educere); but I have never > > seen it; the OED wots not of it; and I am thus very suspicious of its > > legitimacy, even as a nonce word. > > > > I remember going astray, ætat 4 or 5, when I first encountered the > French > > word impayable and took it for a legitimate English one too; but I am > > older now and not so easy to fool. > > > > John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
