semantics
Paul DeLisle
pdelisle at innet.com
Tue Jul 18 12:50:00 PDT 1995
>a very good one, so here it goes: How can you use a dictionary to
>justify the a word, when there were no dictionaries in the time frame
>of the society? (the first being written by Samual Johnson, and before
>this there was no real consenus on the definition of word, their
SNIP!
Well; it depends (just like heraldic texts [grin]) on which dictionary you
use. Standard dictionaries aren't of much use; however the OED (Oxford
English Dictionary, you know; the one that takes up a wall?) shows the
earliest recorded uses of the word in question, the sentence or phrase it's
used in, and the date of the usage. (And I *still* say it documents the term
"Lordship" sufficiently! [another grin])
In Service, I remain
Alden Pharamond
Mendersham, Ansteorra
In Service, I remain
Alden Pharamond
Mendersham, Ansteorra
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