----- Original Message ----- From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BRIN-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:46 PM Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
> on 3/10/02 4:29 am, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > You looked up Semite, not anti-Semitic. > > I looked up anti-Semitic. I quoted the definition > > "Anti-Semite a hater of Semites, esp. Jews, or of their influence. - adj. > Anti-Semitic. - n." OK, so you did, sorry I missed it. I've got another question for you. Do you consider OED authorative? Do you think that people shouldn't be allowed to coin words to mean things that bend or break common linquistic patterns. (For example, should we not have allowed the term computer bug to exist?) Do you argue with the etomology of anti-Semetic? Finally, to go back to our discussion on religion, I'd love to see the entry on religion from OED (hint hint Julia :-) ) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
