--- Shannon Wimberly <shannon3d at yahoo.com> wrote: > See, now I just feel like getting all stubborn and onery about it. If I were > to actually be that way, I'd say something like, "Who cares and the OE > defined origins, I'm sticking with my definition because I think it's > funnier. Besides who decided the OE was 'the expert.'" [insert silly hand > gesture here] "Pshaw!" > > But then, maybe stubborn and onery isn't the way to go in this case. > > Cheers, > Shannon Indeed. "Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant." -- Lois McMaster Bujold, _Memory_ -- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoepist, and Philological Busybody a.k.a. Mark A. Mandel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo