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Re: YAC: Widse -- a conlang based on Ygyde

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 28, 2003, 9:48
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> > You'd have even more fun considering the word critique, I imagine ;P > > > > I tend to write it in English to mean "someone whose job is to criticise". I > think it's common in British use too?
"Critic" (/'krItIk/) refers to a person, "critique" (/krI'tik/) means "a critical review". I've also heard it used as a verb, but my dictionary claims it can only be a noun, so I suppose that's a nonstandard use. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42