Now, Webster is wrong? And, Oxford, "the world's most trusted dictionary" shouldn't be trusted as well? Oh, my, my. Gee whiz. This should be my biggest problem in life.
Make it a good day -Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org 203 E. Brookwood Pl http://www.therandomthoughts.com Valdosta, Ga 31602 (C) 229-630-0821 /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ / \ / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \ /\ \ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \ don't practice on mole hills" - / \_ On Nov 10, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Christopher Green wrote: > Webster is wrong. Paul is right. Eulogies are a part of the Protestant > tradition, not the Catholic. And a strict Catholic person could easily be as > put out by an interview question about eulogies as a Jewish person might be > with a question about, say, "Sunday school." You've simply stumbled over a > religious distinction that you were not aware of of, Louis. Just apologize > and move on. > > Chris > ....... > Christopher D Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 > > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > >> On Nov 10, 2013, at 5:33 AM, Louis Eugene Schmier <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Paul, eulogy: " a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of >> one deceased." Webster doesn't say a thing about religion, funeral service, >> or even that death is required. So, I'll just say that if the word "eulogy" >> really disturbs you as it doesn't me, substitute it with "retirement," and >> we'll be done. >> >> Make it a good day >> >> -Louis- >> >> >> Louis Schmier >> http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org >> 203 E. Brookwood Pl http://www.therandomthoughts.com >> Valdosta, Ga 31602 >> (C) 229-630-0821 /\ /\ /\ /\ >> /\ >> /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ >> / \ / \ >> / \/ \_ \/ / \/ >> /\/ / \ /\ \ >> //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\/ >> \_/__\ \ >> /\"If you want to climb >> mountains,\ /\ >> _ / \ don't practice on mole >> hills" - / \_ >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=29979 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-29979-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=931223.50b956e1f0f315eddcd01dfbd8b87bc1&n=T&l=tips&o=29987 > or send a blank email to > leave-29987-931223.50b956e1f0f315eddcd01dfbd8b87...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=29989 or send a blank email to leave-29989-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
