VANAGON archives -- October 1999, week 2 (#129)

Date:         Mon, 11 Oct 1999 03:02:26 GMT
Reply-To:     Pat Collins <collins.90@OSU.EDU>
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From:         Pat Collins <collins.90@OSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Buses...Busses...???????? [No Vanagon content]
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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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