My paper dictionary will still be working when your electronic dictionary is without electricity. Old-fashioned? Obsolete? Balderdash. Pat N8VW My last statement on this.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 10/10/99, 4:48:34 PM, Bill <bill@freeholder.com> wrote regarding Re: Buses...Busses...???????? [No Vanagon content]:
> There is no such thing as a "proper" dictionary. Languages evolve rapidly, > and a dictionary is just a compilation of currently accepted usage. An > electronic dictionary is far more likely to be current than an > old-fashioned and obsolete printed dictionary. |
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