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At 12:00 AM -0800 02/16/2003, David Marine wrote:
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.
