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Subject:Re: American Heritage Dictionary From:Stephen Bernhardt <sbernhar -at- NMSU -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 3 Feb 1994 09:57:21 -0700
On Tue, 1 Feb 1994, Arthur Comings (perplexed in Corte Madera) wrote:
> "Markety"?
> Is this:
> * A radical typo?
> * A sly comment on our ongoing homophone discussion?
> * The correct usage, that I've been in the dark about up to now?
> > But then the question is where do we want usage information, in a work of
> > descriptive lexicographic scholarship (a dictionary) or in a book on usage
> > (a different sort of reference). Markety forces dictate that dictionaries
> > try to be everything at once, descriptive of the language buyt also a
> > guide to polite usage. The purposes are not the same.
> > steve
Alas, only a typo, though one I did notice before the message went, like
buyt in the same sentence. when our unix mail machine runs slow, the
cursor is about ten characters behind the keys and it is a pain to wait
and go back and retype.
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> > > Stephen A. Bernhardt >
> > > Department of English, Box 3E >
> > > New Mexico State University >
> > > Las Cruces, NM 88003 >
> > > 505-646-2027 FAX 505-646-7725 >
> > > e-mail sbernhar -at- nmsu -dot- edu >
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> Stephen A. Bernhardt >
> Department of English, Box 3E >
> New Mexico State University >
> Las Cruces, NM 88003 >
> 505-646-2027 FAX 505-646-7725 >
> e-mail sbernhar -at- nmsu -dot- edu >
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