[CAUT] Semantics

[Porritt, David]

.....and I have read on this (CAUT) list that the Pianotech list has silly drivel.

dp


David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu<mailto:dporritt at smu.edu>

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Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 12:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [CAUT] Semantics



In a message dated 5/9/2009 12:03:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, tannertuner at bellsouth.net writes:
everybody on the list knew what I
meant.
Jeff:

With all due respect, not everybody. And even if we did, why should we have to translate it. If you disperse poor seed, nothing will grow. Poor and imprecise language is as dangerous as a gun. Perhaps moreso. When the right word/concept/denotation is available, why not use it.

P


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