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Re: Misnomer: we are all Lego collectors!
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:11:38 GMT
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dude...you just suckered me into a debate! But that's ok, let's see if I
can score a couple of points for myself...
A collector is a person who collects...
well gee...you've successfully defined what a collector is. Now how about
defining what it means to collect in the first place.
You cannot define a word by using the same word as its description...it
simply doesn't work.
~Kirby
In lugnet.castle, Matthew Gerber writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Kirby Warden writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Jimmy Park writes:
>
> > > Just wanted to make sure the terminology is correct and we don't stigmatize
> > > the term collector,
>
> > uh...if you really wanted to clarify a word, isn't it best to offer the
> > actual definition of that word?
> >
> > I can't seem to find my dictionary, but i did find my thesaurus and the
> > first word it uses to describe "collect" is "gather".
> >
> > It would seem to me that some of us "gather" lego to build with...
> >
> > ...some "gather" lego to place on a shelf...
> >
> > ...some "gather" lego to sell for profit...
>
> From Dictionary.com:
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> col·lec·tor (k-lktr)
> n.
> 1. One that collects: a solar energy collector; a dust collector.
> 2. A person employed to collect taxes, duties, or other payments.
> 3. A person who makes a collection, as of stamps.
> 4. An electrode in an electron tube that collects electrons which have
> finished carrying current.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> col·lector·ship n.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
> Edition
> Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
> Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> collector \Col*lect"or\, n. [LL. collector one who collects: cf. F.
> collecteur.] 1. One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who
> makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural
> history, etc.; as, a collector of coins.
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> I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty
> years a collector. --Lamb.
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> 2. A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them
> together in one book.
>
> Volumes without the collector's own reflections. --Addison.
>
> 3. (Com.) An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive
> customs, duties, taxes, or toll.
>
> A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other
> officers. --Sir W. Temple.
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> 4. One authorized to collect debts.
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> 5. A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some
> scholastic proceedings in Lent. --Todd.
>
> Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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>
> collector n 1: a person who collects things (e.g. stamps) as a hobby 2: a
> person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) [syn:
> gatherer, accumulator] 3: a crater that has collected cosmic material
> hitting the earth 4: the electrode in a transistor through which a primary
> flow of carriers leaves the inter-electrode region
>
> Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
>
> I find these most interesting:
>
> -a dust collector (doesn't this describe a model sitting on a shelf to a 'T'?)
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> -One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business
> or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.;
> as, a collector of coins (see, collector in the business sense)
>
> Matt (Self-Proclaimed LUGNET King of Citing Stuff©)
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| (...) Sorry, not my intent...just adding the missing dictionary definitions. (...) Complaints can be forwarded to: -The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Again, from Dictionary.com: col·lect1 (k-lkt) v. col·lect·ed, col·lect·ing, col·lects v. tr. 1. To bring together in a group or mass; gather. 2. To accumulate as a hobby or for study. 3. To call for and obtain payment of: collect taxes. 4. To (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) From Dictionary.com: col·lec·tor (k-lktr) n. 1. One that collects: a solar energy collector; a dust collector. 2. A person employed to collect taxes, duties, or other payments. 3. A person who makes a collection, as of stamps. 4. An electrode (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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