Hal, Sorry to be pedantic but how can you "choose our words carefully and with bemusement"?
The definition of bemusement is as follows: bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement confusion resulting from failure to understand Choosing with bemusement by definition, means that we cannot also choose "carefully". That is unless you are a politician of course, in which case the two words probably are synonymous. Either that or you left out the word "not" before bemusement in which case I'd redo the Mavis Beacon typing course. As you so rightly say, we have to be precise in these matters. <BG> Dave Crozier -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Kaplan Sent: 23 January 2007 22:26 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [NF] Rebooting Times Square => --- john harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: => => > Hmmm, I think square, rectangular, hexagonal, etc. => > refer to two dimensional => > objects. Cubed or Cylindrical would be better terms. => > => > John => > Indeed, John. But Times and Duffy Trapezoids extend from the surface of Earth upwards (radially) to the end of the Universe, wherever that might be and, as such, do not qualify for prismatic appelations. Remember, we are dealing with precision here and must choose our words carefully and with bemusement. B+ HALinNY [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
