Verdigris
01-21-2005, 03:18 AM
On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:50:24 +0000, Champ wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 07:22:43 +0000,
> chateauSPAMKILL.murray@dsl.pipex.com (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>
>>Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 21:34:59 +0300, Ben Blaney <m7@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> >genuine_froggie wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>What I don't
>>> >>agree to, however, is that any old Tom, Dick or Ben can murder the
>>> >>language, and then in defence of his error, claim, 'someone else
>>> >>understood me, and so my word now exists !'
>>> >
>>> >Then you have a fundamental disagreement with the Oxford English
>>> >Dictionary, then.
>>>
>>> Who on earth *does* invent new words, if it's not Tom, Dick or Harry?
>>
>>Shakespeare and Kipling. Oh, and Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky" -
>>whiffle, burble and frabjous are just three that came from that poem.
>
> <bangs away at point>
> Ah, so you have to be a literary figure to invent words, eh? So, yer
> average man in the street isn't allowed, but yer actual intellectuals are?
> Yes, that fits with Des' elitist view.
My Concise Oxford (sufficient for mere mortals) has a section at the back
for new words, or words with new meaning. Most of these are clearly the
work of Joe Public.
--
Simon - verdant lineone ne t
Triumph Tiger. Big trailees - you know they make sense.
Z1000 - less sense, more sensation.
MAG BOTAFOT#36 two#22 HLR#pi BONY#62 BHaLC#3
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 07:22:43 +0000,
> chateauSPAMKILL.murray@dsl.pipex.com (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>
>>Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 21:34:59 +0300, Ben Blaney <m7@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> >genuine_froggie wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>What I don't
>>> >>agree to, however, is that any old Tom, Dick or Ben can murder the
>>> >>language, and then in defence of his error, claim, 'someone else
>>> >>understood me, and so my word now exists !'
>>> >
>>> >Then you have a fundamental disagreement with the Oxford English
>>> >Dictionary, then.
>>>
>>> Who on earth *does* invent new words, if it's not Tom, Dick or Harry?
>>
>>Shakespeare and Kipling. Oh, and Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky" -
>>whiffle, burble and frabjous are just three that came from that poem.
>
> <bangs away at point>
> Ah, so you have to be a literary figure to invent words, eh? So, yer
> average man in the street isn't allowed, but yer actual intellectuals are?
> Yes, that fits with Des' elitist view.
My Concise Oxford (sufficient for mere mortals) has a section at the back
for new words, or words with new meaning. Most of these are clearly the
work of Joe Public.
--
Simon - verdant lineone ne t
Triumph Tiger. Big trailees - you know they make sense.
Z1000 - less sense, more sensation.
MAG BOTAFOT#36 two#22 HLR#pi BONY#62 BHaLC#3