I be diggin' my man John's words too. He don't be lunchin'. He be keepin' it real.
Word. Bill Fairchild Rocket Software -----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
