On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 05:29:56 -0500 Indulekha <indule...@theunworthy.com> wrote: > > > > Are all these distionnaries wrong? > > > > -- > > Pierre Frenkiel > > ---1463809023-1608600801-1333448123=:30347-- > > > > There is nothing wrong with your English or those definitions, > they're just obscure and have fallen out of popular usage. I've > frequently observed that people for whom English is a second > language are more literate that the average American. > There IS something wrong with his English, and several have tried to explain it -- he's using a word contrary to its established common meaning. If he's more interested in impressing dictionary editors than in conveying his idea, more power to him. Otherwise, he should accept the explanation offered by native speakers.
It's pretty arrogant to suggest that native speakers of another language are less literate than you, because your own understanding differs from theirs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120403100641.1be9ded9@sirius
