On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 10:33:41AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
On 11/24/13 09:30, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
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>> But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas, blurs
>> the meaning and diminishes the language.
>Another English major heard from.
Actually not true. Maths honours, Ph.D. maths, M. Stat. But
what is your point?
>I assume you're aware that languages evolve over time in accordance with
>common usage.
This is such a tired and tiresome old cliche that it is not
worth responding to.
Especially when you don't have a good refutation.
Read what I wrote and think,
I did.
rather than glibly reacting with
smug conformism.
I didn't.
Now that you've told us how marvelous you are, let's get back on the
subject of fedora.
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