In <CAE1XxDGmMk8nKK=xkjinenh0qjhxaytmb_wvxi2w4vus+an...@mail.gmail.com>, on 07/26/2012 at 01:58 PM, John Gilmore <jwgli...@gmail.com> said:
>I also grow weary of complaints about my notionally 'exotic' >vocabulary. This term once had a precise meaning. (Signage >annoucing efforts at 'exotic plant control' in Hawaii's state and >national parks preserve it.) Its subliterate use has converted it >into a vague synonym for strange or non-standard. Strange as it may seem, I actually agree with you one that. We (TINW) don't need "Fun With Dick and Jane". -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT Atid/2 <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN