OK Wally -- I actually appreciate having my mind taken off the war thread with all its gravitas. Your logic is sound and I have been unable to find an on-line dictionary that expalins how the admittedly awkward word came to be accepted. All I am saying is that if a word is in the dictionary, one should feel free to use it. I would argue that one should feel equally free to use words not in the dictionary, but that is another thread...
Best, David on 2/15/03 10:27 PM, Wally Kairuz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i disagree. it is misusage. how can one confess something if one doesn't > confess it oneself? can someone confess something for someone else? > wallyK, wondering whether this chomsky person everybody's talking about is > the famous linguist whose books i had to study in my youth. > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de David > Marine > Enviado el: Domingo, 16 de Febrero de 2003 01:21 a.m. > Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Asunto: Re: Chomsky njc > > > Self-confessed IS a word, and was properly used.
