Subj : Echo Savior Rides Again
To   : Roger Nelson
From : Thom LaCosta
Date : Fri May 18 2001 10:05 am

Roger Nelson wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:


 RN> Yeah!  She can't even spell "half a dozen."  <G,D&R>

Oh that's not a big deal...since it does convey the value of 6.

 TL> But, the beauty of the language is that we can all define it in
 TL> different ways. 

 RN> I agree and that will still present a problem because of:

 RN> 1. the way many of us were taught, 
 RN> 2. the different dictionaries we use, 
 RN> 3. our perception of what the definitions mean, 
 RN> 4. how we group the words together, 
 RN> 5. the manner in which we decipher them to glean the intent of the
 RN> writer,                                      (which is a hit and
 RN> miss proposition) 6. et cetera.

To say nothing of agenda (g)

Thom LaCosta
baltimoremd@baltimoremd.com
http://www.baltimoremd.com/ 
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