Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 13:05:11 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU>, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@regency.nsu.ru>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.ORG>, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha clock.c Message-ID: <p05111704b90fc1b412dc@[10.0.1.4]> In-Reply-To: <20020521020941.A12551@HAL9000.wox.org> References: <200205162121.g4GLLGQ43405@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020516220511.A9DBE380A@overcee.wemm.org> <20020517114010.A57127@regency.nsu.ru> <20020519100324.GK44562@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <20020519134348.I67779@blossom.cjclark.org> <p05111722b90de01cc974@[10.9.8.215]> <20020520195703.A79046@dragon.nuxi.com> <p05111702b90fb30b64bb@[10.9.8.215]> <20020521020941.A12551@HAL9000.wox.org>
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At 2:09 AM -0700 2002/05/21, David Schultz wrote:
> Oh come on. Dictionaries don't determine the language; it's the other
> way around.
In the English language, that's generally true. However,
dictionary editors usually tend to be fairly conservative, and they
do not document usage of a particular type until it is fairly well
embedded into the actual common use of the language. The most
respected descriptive English language dictionary is the OED, which
is why I used it as my "gold standard".
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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