There are differences of opinion about this among coloro che sanno, but IBM-MAIN is almost certainly not the appropriate forum for pursuing them.
My substantive particular point was anyway that the three adjectives 'aweful', 'pompous', and 'artificial' once had, and in some contexts still have, non-pejorative denotations and connotations. Implicitly synchronic views of language are always and everywhere problematic. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
