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RandallW flippetyfloo at fake.com
Fri Nov 26 00:16:42 EST 2004


"Tom" <nobody at spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:uccdq0lk3motms1103juuii2iu43uotsd4 at 4ax.com...
>
> As a kid, I thought that the Dictionary defined proper English use and
> could reference it for proper use. Then I became a technical writer in
> the computer industry and cringed whenever some geek invented a new
> use for an old term... and learned that the dictionary follows common
> use, not that it defines correct use.
>
> Thus, American English is in an "anything goes" state.

I refuse to use the word 'pancake' as a verb; it shall always be a noun to
me!





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