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July 28th 17, 05:41 PM
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Antennae NOT antennas
Custos Custodum wrote on 7/28/2017 11:51 AM:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:00:16 +0100, Guy G4DWV 4X1LT wrote: On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:06:57 -0000, just as I was about to take a herb, disturbed my reverie and wrote: The dictionary is the authority on the correct spelling of words So one chooses the dictionary that matches one's argument? Which dictionary? So if you consult an American dictionary you would start calling fringes "bangs"? YUCK and BIG SPIT. They are not "movies", but "films". 'Films' is increasingly becoming an anachronism in these days of virtually ubiquitous CGI. I remember a friend of a friend who nearly tossed out her boyfriend because he kept calling CD "albums". Albums weren't even correct for records for many decades. Usage comes from a time when records were 78 RPM, and had only one or two songs per side. To get any decent amount of recording time they were sold in albums. If you wanted to hear the entire opera you bought an album. With the advent of 33 1/3 RPM long play discs, the need for albums went away but the name remained. -- Rick C |
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