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English According to Arnold!
In recent debates over the word "Islamofascism" we have been enlightened by our British counterpart, Anyold (aka:Arnold) as to what is proper word etymology regarding the English language. Some interesting developments have emerged as a result, and you needed to be informed of the following changes, without further notice. The following words will no longer valid, as proclaimed by Arnold....
airship
ship
n.
1. A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.
A sailing vessel having three or more square-rigged masts.
How can we call it an airship when it doesn't navigate in the water or have three or more square-rigged masts? According to Arnold, we can't! The word "airship" simply doesn't fit the definition of a traditional "ship" and can't be valid.
clotheshorse
horse
n.
1. a. A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.
b. An adult male horse; a stallion.
c. Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian species E. przewalskii or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.
Why can we include a word that doesn't apply here? According to Arnold, we can't! A clothes holding apparatus is not a horse, it is not even alive. We should never use this preposterous word, because, according to Arnold, it's invalid.
scarecrow
crow
n.
1. Any of several large glossy black birds of the genus Corvus, having a characteristic raucous call, especially C. brachyrhynchos of North America.
2. A crowbar.
How can people logically call a straw and stick configuration resembling a man, a "crow" of any kind? According to Arnold, this is just not worthy of further consideration regarding context, the word simply has no validity because "crows" have nothing to do with a straw man.
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Last edited by Dixie - In Memoriam; 08-16-2006 at 11:56 AM.
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Now that was a pinhead post LOL
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I think it actually rocked... The whole idea that the new word must encompass every single point of the first definition in the OED... (ignoring all the other definitions in that same dictionary BTW)... or otherwise it has no valid Etymology has been the whole of his argument from the first.
Dixie is in good form lately... Maybe it's the new colors of the site...
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Your priveledge Damo, I don;t have time or the inclination to pick nits though.
Enjoy the cerebral stuff and I will be content to stay in the shallower end of the debate pool
It still seems that Dixies post pretty much met his own definition of pinhead that he posted on the old board.
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lol. Does anybody have a copy of that definition?Originally Posted by uscitizen
Your priveledge Damo, I don;t have time or the inclination to pick nits though.
Enjoy the cerebral stuff and I will be content to stay in the shallower end of the debate pool
It still seems that Dixies post pretty much met his own definition of pinhead that he posted on the old board.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
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BUMP.... Just to piss Arnold off!
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