Re: file searching/vista help

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 -------------- Original message from Bill Troop :-------------
> But what's the harm in noting that something is erroneous when it is?

Agree. "Erron." is descriptive here. Useful information. That these alternate definitions
were born of ignorance, or whimsy, is part of their etymology (the study of "the true meanings
and values of words" [RHUD]), and should be noted.

I'm surprised that OED, the apotheosis of descriptivism, hasn't picked up on the "sloppy"
(and sloppy) definition.

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Carl Distefano
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