From: BAR on 12 Feb 2010 14:08 In article <clark-9ED013.14013712022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- state.edu>, clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says... > > > > > Kept the spelling phonetic for him. > > > > > > > > Maybe you should have gone to Harvard or Yale. > > > > > > They are not where the dictionaries come from. > > > > Over here we have commercialized dictionaries. > > Indeed, sacrificing accuracy for profit again. > Profits keep people employed.
From: Moderate on 12 Feb 2010 14:36 "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message news:clark-880F44.14010212022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article <7tljlbFg5aU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: >> >> I'm waiting for an intelligent answer to my question, Clark. >> >> -Greg > > Well, Bush is the one they elected (supposedly), so it is a frightening > indictment of the Americn electorate. Ironically this was the tenet that started this thread. Oops.
From: William Clark on 12 Feb 2010 14:53 In article <hl4akg$9rg$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote: > "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message > news:clark-880F44.14010212022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > In article <7tljlbFg5aU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > >> > >> I'm waiting for an intelligent answer to my question, Clark. > >> > >> -Greg > > > > Well, Bush is the one they elected (supposedly), so it is a frightening > > indictment of the Americn electorate. > > Ironically this was the tenet that started this thread. Oops. Little Sir Echo again.
From: William Clark on 12 Feb 2010 14:53 In article <MPG.25df7149b23ee212989ba6(a)news.giganews.com>, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > In article <clark-9ED013.14013712022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- > state.edu>, clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says... > > > > > > Kept the spelling phonetic for him. > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you should have gone to Harvard or Yale. > > > > > > > > They are not where the dictionaries come from. > > > > > > Over here we have commercialized dictionaries. > > > > Indeed, sacrificing accuracy for profit again. > > > > Profits keep people employed. But not, apparently, literate.
From: BAR on 12 Feb 2010 15:03
In article <clark-DE7AEC.14535912022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- state.edu>, clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says... > > In article <MPG.25df7149b23ee212989ba6(a)news.giganews.com>, > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > > In article <clark-9ED013.14013712022010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- > > state.edu>, clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says... > > > > > > > Kept the spelling phonetic for him. > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you should have gone to Harvard or Yale. > > > > > > > > > > They are not where the dictionaries come from. > > > > > > > > Over here we have commercialized dictionaries. > > > > > > Indeed, sacrificing accuracy for profit again. > > > > > > > Profits keep people employed. > > But not, apparently, literate. Literate and poor or ignorant and rich? |