You have missed the point. Twice. Enough said. Not worth the effort.
Tony Thigpen
Steve Smith wrote on 7/20/20 8:38 AM:
And therefore the question as to what you're talking about. You seem to be
conflating a search engine with an online encyclopedia for some reason. So
we're left wondering what it is you really mean.
Wikipedia itself says it's not an academic reference, and actually no
encyclopedia is. It is adequate for the purposes of IBM-MAIN, however.
sas
On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 7:26 AM Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote:
Bob,
I was referring to your "Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium) says this about the name:"
quote when I said that google is not an authority. Anybody can write
just about anything into google. Most teachers will not allow quotes
from google due to the mess that google is in.
The people at Merrian-Webster have always been considered authoritative.
If we can't trust the people that produce of the the top dictionaries,
then we are lost.
In this case, I was saying that "here is a much more authoritative site
that backs up most of the story posted on google."
Tony Thigpen
Bob Bridges wrote on 7/20/20 2:04 AM:
Always interesting, if you like words (and I do). Thanks.
"Google", you say? Google isn't the source of my information, only the
warehouse (so to speak). The first source I quoted was Mr Davy himself.
But maybe you meant Wikipedia; a lot of people express varying amounts of
derision when they hear Wikipedia mentioned.
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Personally, I prefer a more authoritative source than Google, but it is
almost the same story:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/aluminum-vs-aluminium
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