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Subject:Re: Are there any word/language guru's out there? From:Bill Burns <WBURNS -at- VAX -dot- MICRON -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 9 Aug 1995 09:01:01 MDT
Sue Jones asks:
>Has anyone got any idea for a phrase I could use instead of the word
>"lexicographical", in the context of a listing (i.e. "nodes/templates
>are listed in lexicographical order")?
In addition to being technical, it's also nonsensical. The term
"lexicographical" would refer to something relating to the compilation
of a dictionary rather than a specific order. I suspect what this person
means is "alphabetical" since words in a dictionary are listed in this manner.
...unless, of course, the contributor was referring to the Benevolent Order of
Lexicography (BOL). 8-\
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