Mark Robbers wrote that ...
> "Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >The terms "third party" and "third world country" conform to
> >current usage, which doesn't validate the terms themselves.
> >Hell, the American English dictionary is chock full of
> >illegitimate words, which have been added because of popular
> >usage.
>
Mark then asked ...
> What's the difference between a legitimate word and an illigitimate word?
>
One of them is spelled correctly in the above line?? :)
But in response to Len, annsan says:
In tournament Scrabble(r) play , the" legit" word is the one in the Official
Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) (In North American tourneys, at least) if
challenged, it stays on the board and the challenger loses his/her turn..
The "illegit" word comes off the board and the challenger loses his/her
turn."
But seriously, while every dictionary has some _mistakes_ (hell,every book,
for that matter) it was my impression that ALL words were included in a
lexicon because of "popular usage", at one time or another. Including
CAMERA, AIRPLANE, AUTOMOBILE,ASTRONAUT,PHOTOGRAPHER, RADIO, TELEVISION,
MOVIES, etc, etc, etc.
No language is static. Words are deleted from standard collegiate
dictionaries because they are
seldom used as often as words are added because they are heavily used.
annsan
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