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Re: Lowest Common Denominator (was: Re: Lego.com - new look)
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Sun, 17 Oct 1999 19:19:16 GMT
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mattdm@mattdmNOMORESPAM.org
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Allan Bedford <apotomeREMOVE-THIS@execulink.com> wrote:
> But I did find this 2nd definition from the '61 M-W to be interesting. It
> pretty much is what I intended by my comment, and is the way in which I
Dictionaries, of course, are just tools reflecting common usage. Or supposed
to be. That doesn't mean that common usage is correct. :)
On another tangent, since we're in .off-topic already -- I really think the
word "dumpster" has entered the language completely and dictionaries and the
AP stylebook should stop upper-casing it. (Sorry Dempster.) It's especially
stupid when you read a news story and it mentions a "Dumpster", upper case,
and you know that it's 99% likely that the trash receptacle in question
wasn't Dumpster-brand at all. People referring to clone building blocks as
"legos" is bad, but wouldn't it be worse if they called them LEGO(TM)?
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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