Give it time, and Webster will add the new use of the word. It bugs me, too, but I have given in to the notion that language is what people make of it. I just hope they don't legitimize the use of the apostrophe in forming a plural (i.e., "chicken's" instead of "chickens.") This error is so common that Webster might legitimize it the same way they did with the mispronunciations of "February" (feb-YOO-ary) and "nuclear" (NOOK-yoo-lar).
(If I live to be a thousand, I will never say "NOOK-yoo-lar," no many how many scholars say it and point confidently to a dictionary.) By now (gag me with a spoon!) there should be a new shade of meaning to "awesome." Strictly speaking, "cool" means "lacking warmth," but it surely means, "attractive" or "especially interesting." Quoting Norman & Nancy Werling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > My most recent dictionary is the Webster's New World Dictionary, Second > College Edition. It does not mention a new use of these two words which are > now used so often in contexts other than referring to the International > System of Measures (SI). > > When, how, and why did a new use of the subject words become applicable > to---how best to say it---references to general ways to approach, study, > analyze, or decide things? > > Norman Werling -- DIGNITY, SELF-RESPECT, AND INTEGRITY IN PHARMACY Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Acting Secretary Phone +1(432)528-7724 The Pharmacy Alliance 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://oleapothecary.blog.com
