Re: Tacitunity (was: Re: conculture list?)
| From: | Peter Clark <pc451@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 11, 1999, 21:36 |
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---"Raymond A. Brown" <raybrown@...> wrote:
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> At 12:56 pm -0500 11/2/99, Tony Harris wrote:
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> >"taciturnity" ? Is that really a word? ;-)
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> Yes, according to Chambers English dictionary (ISBN 1-85296-001-9)
That's beside the point. I motion we censure Tony for daring to ask
(on CONLANG, of all places!) if a word is really a word. For shame!
Just kidding, Tony! I couldn't pass up on the irony of it all.
(After all, think of Net English...)
:Peter
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