If my dictionary had said what yours said, I would NOT have associated it with you or any of my friends. I didn't know what the word meant so I looked it up. Based on the web site, the birth-mother's regret angle was my association. My definition came from an online, free dictionary and yours came from the scholary Oxford family. Naturally, I'll defer to the Oxford definition and withdraw from the hurtful and un-intended connotation it conjurs.
Hurting wasn't my intent. I've reformed. :) Lama From: Mags N Brei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Provoked, yep. Indeed it did provoke me (to post). Just didnt know what you were getting at. According to my Oxford, remorse:1.bitter regret for wrong committed. now that's a loaded definition if I ever saw one. And just to clarify Lama, Im not bitter. And yes, just as she wrote: sometimes there'll be sorrow. (that's a given). > "Jim L'Hommedieu (Lama)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have to admit I looked up the word "pentinent". Isn't "PENITENT OF THE SPIRIT" the phrase that she prefers to the phrase "confessional poet"? "Pentinent" isn't in my 39 year-old, thumb-indexed, "Webster's Seventh New Collegaitae Dictionary". Maybe I should spring for the Eighth edition? :) Alarmingly, www.dictionary.com had "Feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins." Is my dusty but treasured dictionary ready for the dustbin? I think NOT! It sounds like Joni's chanelling for Mags Holden-Gross with this title. But of course, we aren't looking forward to buying "Swan Song" or "A Travelogue" on Novemeber 19th so Joni's proven to be somewhat malleable on titles in the past. I think "(w/t)" might mean "working title". Can I get an expert opinion on that?
