On 2011-12-28, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:42:05 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote: > >> I don't care what ANY dictionary says. Much less a "world" >> dictionary. I don't validate or invalidate a word based on some phony >> baloney group of pseudo intellectuals who decided one to day that >> writing a dictionary "might be cool". I am against these words and >> phrases because we already have words that work just fine. Why rock >> the boat? > > Why do you say "rock" when the word "shake" is just as good? > > Why do you say "boat" when we already have "ship"? > > Why do you say "pseudo intellectuals" when you could say "fake > intellectuals"? > > Why do I waste my time reading your pretentious self-important nonsense?
http://xkcd.com/386/ ;) -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Not SENSUOUS ... only at "FROLICSOME" ... and in gmail.com need of DENTAL WORK ... in PAIN!!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
