Jokers wild
| From: | And Rosta <and.rosta@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 28, 2007, 14:49 |
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Mark J. Reed, On 28/09/2007 14:36:
> Ah, thought of a better example than "terifficity": "concision". I
> actually like and use that one regularly; I think it embodies itself
> nicely (being arguably more concise than "conciseness". ( Fewer
> letters; same number of syllables but fewer phones...) And it seems
> to have gotten some acceptance; it's even in Google's spellchecker. :)
'Concision' is (unsurprisingly) in OED from 1st edition, with citations going back to
1382. And moreover it is a term with currency among conlangers (-- concision
being a common engelang desideratum).
I confess I haven't read the whole thread; perhaps I've missed the point?
--And.
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