mutilated misquotes from Robert Connolly's 4 Jun 2005 classic prose may follow:
" On June 4, 2005 11:00 am, R.Quenett wrote: " .. " > A dictionary is rarely more than a historical record of the ways in " > which words (concepts) have been misused. " Dictionaries are dynamic. They change with society, So we agree. :-) The words change but the underlying concepts don't. So when two different words are used to represent the same concept then at least one of the words is wrong, and a misuse. " and are usually not very " out of date. Webster's dictionary was written to help people understand the " united states constitution. I didn't know that. Thanks. R -- http://www.quen.net "Gold needs no endorsement, it can be tested with scales and acids. The recipient of gold does not have to trust the government stamp upon it, if he does not trust the government that stamped it. No act of faith is called for when gold is used in payments, and no compulsion is required." -Benjamin M. Anderson -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
