Re: Pagan - etymology?

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>You are right and the other person is wrong, but no amount of authority
>is going to help you any.  Some people just have tendentious attachments
>to false etymologies, like the notion that "surname" = "sir-name"
>(which I encountered on another mailing list; of course it's really
>"super-name" meaning "additional name").  The only thing to do is to
>call it correctly once (which you have done), drop the discussion on the
>other mailing list, and move on.

Of course, i wasnt going to push it on him ;). And i know how that goes.
I've had these types of discussions on my school's message board and i've
ended up just banging my head against the wall. I asked him to provide me
with references, and i've left it at that. So far, he hasnt provided me
with anything to back up his claim, and i'm not going to bring it up
unless he does (i've done my part, now the ball is in his court).

Anyway, thanks for the help.



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