In article <[email protected]>, Grant Edwards <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2011-12-28, Steven D'Aprano <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:42:05 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote: > > > >> I don't care what ANY dictionary says. Much less a "world" > >> dictionary. I don't validate or invalidate a word based on some phony > >> baloney group of pseudo intellectuals who decided one to day that > >> writing a dictionary "might be cool". I am against these words and > >> phrases because we already have words that work just fine. Why rock > >> the boat? > > > > Why do you say "rock" when the word "shake" is just as good? > > > > Why do you say "boat" when we already have "ship"? > > > > Why do you say "pseudo intellectuals" when you could say "fake > > intellectuals"? > > > > Why do I waste my time reading your pretentious self-important nonsense? > > http://xkcd.com/386/ > > ;) Why ROFLMAO when double-plus funny works just as well? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
