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Adam Funk
Mar 18, 2015, 9:00:12 AM3/18/15
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On 2015-03-13, Paul Ney wrote:
> It was a kind of entertainment to learn of the "sub-multiple". Lovely
> thread. Fields of science, or professions etc. evolve, and their
> language -- or slang ;-) -- evolve too. Any works on outdated terms
> known?!
>
> In my eyes, "sub-multiple" is very likely to stir confusion. It is
> better to keep that word in a "forbidden dictionary"
ISAGN & Borgesesque possibilities....
--
President Firefly: "You're a brave man. Go and break through the
lines. And remember, while you're out there risking your life and limb
through shot and shell, we'll be in be in here thinking what a sucker
you are." [Duck Soup]
> It was a kind of entertainment to learn of the "sub-multiple". Lovely
> thread. Fields of science, or professions etc. evolve, and their
> language -- or slang ;-) -- evolve too. Any works on outdated terms
> known?!
>
> In my eyes, "sub-multiple" is very likely to stir confusion. It is
> better to keep that word in a "forbidden dictionary"
ISAGN & Borgesesque possibilities....
--
President Firefly: "You're a brave man. Go and break through the
lines. And remember, while you're out there risking your life and limb
through shot and shell, we'll be in be in here thinking what a sucker
you are." [Duck Soup]
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