Re: [OT] Terrific - was: [tlug] email programs

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com>]

And Thus Spake John Limouze <jmanjiro@example.com> (on Tue, 27 May
2003 00:15:00 -0400):

> I also think common misusage DOES make language correct, though not
> immediately.

I agree. It's just a question of time before the misusage, having made its
way into common language, becomes the norm.

The point I brought up about "formidable" is that the idiomatic meaning of
the word was the *only* meaning that my classmates knew. They didn't know
that the word had another meaning previously.

-- 
G. Stewart   --   gstewart@example.com -- gstewart@example.com
Registered Linux user #284683
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"I don't understand that attitude.  Don't we want email that has dancing
 bears, cute little videos, musical tunes, animated waving hands, sixty
 fonts, and looks like it's been done with crayolas? Good grief, man,
 think like a three year old!"
                                   -- Norm Reitzel discussing HTML email

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