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Re: Misnomer: we are all Lego collectors!
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:19:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kirby Warden writes:
> dude...you just suckered me into a debate!
Sorry, not my intent...just adding the missing dictionary definitions.
> A collector is a person who collects...
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> well gee...you've successfully defined what a collector is. Now how about
> defining what it means to collect in the first place.
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> You cannot define a word by using the same word as its description...it
> simply doesn't work.
Complaints can be forwarded to:
-The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin
Company. All rights reserved.
-Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
-Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
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Matt
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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