Mark A Mandel wrote: || On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Adam Heyman wrote: || || #Mark A Mandel wrote: || 2. The words introduced in the past four centuries have mostly been || highly technical words that most of us wouldn't even recognize, ...... || #Not all technical words are "highly" technical. Car, plane, radio, || #radar, stereo, etc. are words that are not considered technical but || #have been added to common parlance in the last century due to || #certain technologies becoming common. || || I completely agree. That's why I said "highly technical" || You said the words introduced in the last 4 centuries have been **mostly highly technical words**. I was just pointing out that there are far more words that have been added that are not hightly technical, but may have been at one point. Science adds words to its lexicon constantly (after all if you discover something new, it needs a name), but the words that actually get added to most people's lexicons are not that technical. || #Balanced against this addition must also be considered the words || lost #due to technology gains. The profession of cooper, for || example, is not #as important now as in Shakespeare's time and most || people today would not #even know what a cooper did. Wainwright is || another example of the same. || || I think I hit this in, was it point three? || You did. Sorry. ______________ Adam Heyman aheyman at rcn.com 1000 Lexington St. #48 Waltham, MA 02452 781 642 6917