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 More options Nov 16 2012, 5:16 pm
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From: Mike L <n...@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:15:46 +0000
Local: Fri, Nov 16 2012 5:15 pm
Subject: Re: The American Heritage Dictionary Blog: Jacques Barzun
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:22:28 +0100, Athel Cornish-Bowden

<athel...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>On 2012-11-16 04:05:56 +0100, Leo Wong <Mary....@gmail.com> said:

>> http://bit.ly/RWtLP8

>Thanks for passing this on. I found it interesting. However, I wouldn't
>have followed your link if I hadn't seen that Eric had already done so.
>It's a good idea to include in the body of the message some idea of
>where the link will go. You never know if you're going to end up at a
>pornography site.

>Anyway, Eric won't be surprised to know that I don't agree with all
>Jacques Barzun's opinions, but of his greatness there is no doubt.

>Nonetheless, I was surprised by "In response to our questions about
>whether there are usages he had ever changed his mind about or usages
>he considered wrong but used anyway, Barzun answered straightforwardly:
>'None.'" I think we should regard all our opinions as open to revision.

Yes. But once again we meet the meme about the precision of the French
language. Well, yes; but in my opinion French can also be a useful
medium for impressive vacuity. People write whole books of gibberish
in English, too; but it generally seems to _look_ like rubbish except
to true believers.

--
Mike.


 
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