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Re: SCHEmata (was: ambo, duo, etc.)
- From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
- To: Colin Muller <colin@durbanet.co.za>
- Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 23:41:26 -0400 (EDT)
Colin Muller scripsit:
> Language is yours: use it in any way that communicates, or even, if it
> will achieve your end, in ways that don't.
I fully agree.
> Oh - and don't take a lexicographer's word on anything :-)
For better or worse, people who want to be consistent must have a source of
consistency, and in practice a dictionary provides that, because it is
a concise summary of past practice.
--
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
--Douglas Hofstadter