While it may be romantic enough to emulate Nero Wolfe sitting
at a fireplace feeding it sheets of the latest dictionary to
escape the evolution of language, that language, nevertheless
and obviously enough, does evolve. We no longer "discover"
secrets to each other, it is no longer an insult to refer to
a friend as a "homeboy," and no contemporary small child
replies "Anon" when called to dinner by its mother and/or
father. Language changes with age, because it changes with
use. Some evolves, and some drops out of the meme-pool. And
this is stuff EVERYBODY knows.
Nevertheless, I'm enjoying the argument, the more so because
it's begun to remind me of a scene from a Nero Wolfe
tale.
If this commentary is unwanted, discover it to me anon,
homes.
Rob
--- Richard Moore <
moorich2@aol.com> wrote:
> Okay, when I wrote my last post encouraging
Jim
> Beaver to stay with
> this group despite the uncivility of this
definition
> war, I said I
> skipped the recent postings. And I have for
the
> most part (although
> I noticed that Jim Beaver's post was prompted by
one
> of your's) until
> I read the one below.
>
> Sigh. In years past when you would wade into
the
> definition debate
> with a billy-club, you would dress comments like
the
> one below as if
> they were tongue-in-cheek. Please note that if
you
> do not want to
> seem completely boorish, you need to make
that
> tongue a little more
> apparent in your cheek. If you think this is
funny,
> it isn't. If you
> are serious, you should blush.
>
> You and I agree on many subjects and I've
purchased
> and enjoyed your
> books but, my goodness, enough is enough.
>
> Richard Moore
>
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
> <jimdohertyjr@y...>
> wrote:
> > Jack,
> >
> > Re your question below:
> >
> > > Hmm, he's wrong just because you say so,
Jim?
> >
> > He's wrong because he's wrong. My saying
so
> doesn't
> > make him wrong, it merely signals that
I've
> recognized
> > it.
> >
> > JIM DOHERTY
> >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________
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