=> Subject: RE: [NF] Rebooting Times Square => => 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
Thank you, Dave. I have no problem with you or anyone else being pedantic. Actually, I welcome it, although I probably have no standing within the hierarchy here to actually "welcome" anything. Your analysis is spot on. Careful and bemusement are not synonymous in any way, shape, or form beyond conforming to the precepts of lexical specifications. Perhaps I created an oxymoron (like the guy who sells that stuff on TV ... Billy Bates?). Nevertheless, I have found that by casually dropping such contradictory terms on a rigorously random basis, I can gauge the effectiveness of posting in a monospace font as opposed to not posting at all. Oh, and as for Ms. Beacon, I am afraid I cannot redo the course because I have never taken it. I learned to type between 1952 and 1955, when Ms. Beacon was barely a photon. B+ HALinNY _______________________________________________ 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.
