Time to reel in the kids. Kill this thread. "Ted MacNEIL" <eamacn...@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news: <1305551674-1305673483-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1802551282-@b2.c1.bise6.blackberry>...
> >Webster's" on a dictionary has no significance - it's just an attempt to > >cadge some legitimacy by invoking Noah Webster's name). Try AHD or OED (both > >of which do support the usage). > > Dictionaries do NOT support usage! > They report it! > > Any usage is subject to consensus. > > We, when I was a kid, used to say ain't ain't in the dictionary. > > It is, now! > > - > Ted MacNEIL > eamacn...@yahoo.ca > Twitter: @TedMacNEIL > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
