Don't forget the Merriam-webster dictionary on what Yankowski disparagingly
and unjustly calls a brick -- the Palm VII.
In addition to "warning," It also reports back "caveat emptor" and "caveat
lector," which means "buyer beware" and "reader beware," respectively.
Michael Yam
www.ytechnology.com
Richard Burmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:55380@palm-dev-forum...
>
> > From John Marshall
> > > So, uh, does anyone at Palm know what "caveat" actually means? :-)
>
> > From: Aaron Ardiri
> > never heard of the word myself.. maybe some yank thing :)
>
> Not that I think that Aaron doesn't really know the meaning of "caveat",
but
> just to benefit whoever has to rewrite http://www.palmos.com/dev/c.html
...
>
> The Cambridge International Dictionary of English defines caveat as:
>
> caveat noun [C] FORMAL
> a statement which limits a more general statement; proviso
>
> And, Allwords.com says:
>
> caveat (n.) ca.ve.at
> 1. a warning or caution; admonition.
> 2. Law. a legal notice to a court or public officer to
> suspend a certain proceeding ... [snip]
>
> Venturing even further off-topic, I would like to point out that
> www.onelook.com makes it very easy to look up words in hundreds of on-line
> dictionaries.
>
>
>
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