At 21:39 17-03-03 +0000, John Giorgis wrote:

Uhhh..... I don't know how Dutch dictionaries work, but in English dictionary definitions are *OR* propositions, not *AND* propositions.

For example, please visit the dictionary definition of the English
word "heart":
 http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=heart

I can think of nothing that would satisfy all nine definitions using an *AND* proposition.... unless of course you have a chambered muscled organ that is also a playing card.

You use one definition to "prove" that The Netherlands is a republic, but you ignore the definition that shows that The Netherlands is *not* a republic (republics don't have monarchs) because it contradicts your claim.


Using your logic, you could also argue that this "chambered muscled organ" in my chest is not a heart because a heart is defined as "a playing card".


Jeroen "Definitions'R'Us" van Baardwijk


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