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From: Leszek Karlik on 27 Dec 2009 07:44 On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:33:01 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: [...] >> "it is now sanctioned by use, has appeared in official use, and >> remains the popular term". That's happened to many words in the >> English language. Doesn't make them correct. > > <re-animates old, old argument> > > What other authority, other than usage, can bestow 'correctness' ? The Language Sub-Council of the Illuminati. -- Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik NTV 650
From: Pete Fisher on 27 Dec 2009 08:20 In communiqu� <4tkej5ddjq7gcmifvf44pusdf2gj7oicnh(a)4ax.com>, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:21:05 +0000, Colin Irvine ><look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: > >>"it is now sanctioned by use, has appeared in official use, and >>remains the popular term". That's happened to many words in the >>English language. Doesn't make them correct. > ><re-animates old, old argument> > >What other authority, other than usage, can bestow 'correctness' ? "It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words." -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: des popping in on 27 Dec 2009 08:30 On 2009-12-27, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:21:05 +0000, Colin Irvine ><look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: > >>"it is now sanctioned by use, has appeared in official use, and >>remains the popular term". That's happened to many words in the >>English language. Doesn't make them correct. > ><re-animates old, old argument> > > What other authority, other than usage, can bestow 'correctness' ? On UKRM? Me.
From: Colin Irvine on 27 Dec 2009 08:41 On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:33:01 +0000, Champ squeezed out the following: >On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:21:05 +0000, Colin Irvine ><look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: > >>"it is now sanctioned by use, has appeared in official use, and >>remains the popular term". That's happened to many words in the >>English language. Doesn't make them correct. > ><re-animates old, old argument> > >What other authority, other than usage, can bestow 'correctness' ? Common sense, avoidance of ambiguity and elegance immediately spring to mind. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: Champ on 27 Dec 2009 12:10
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:41:17 +0000, Colin Irvine <look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: >On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:33:01 +0000, Champ squeezed out the following: > >>On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:21:05 +0000, Colin Irvine >><look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: >> >>>"it is now sanctioned by use, has appeared in official use, and >>>remains the popular term". That's happened to many words in the >>>English language. Doesn't make them correct. >> >><re-animates old, old argument> >> >>What other authority, other than usage, can bestow 'correctness' ? >Common sense, avoidance of ambiguity and elegance immediately spring >to mind. And who is the abiter of these admirable qualities? I suggest it is "common usage". -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |