Hi Rietvelders, OK, I should have used my Webster's dictionary to begin with ... but I belatedly looked it up. I meant to write "cognoscente," which comes from Italian (originally from the Latin "to know") and is used a lot here in the States, but to complicate matters, the Dictionary says that the modern Italian spelling is "conoscente" (can any of our Italian colleagues verify that?).
Thank you for all this fun discussion, but I will be sure to use my dictionary the next time I post to this list. - Kurt ------- Kurt Leinenweber Department of Chemistry Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-1604 Phone: (480)-965-8853 Fax: (480)-965-2747 ------- -----Original Message----- From: Dr.Ibrahim Odeh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 2:43 PM To: rietveld_l@ill.fr Did you mean this cog·no·scen·ti [ kògn? shéntee, kònny? shéntee ] (singular cog·no·scen·te [ kògn? shéntay ]) plural noun Definition: connoisseurs or experts: people who have a refined and superior knowledge of a subject, especially the arts Ibrahim Odeh Physics Department Yarmouk University Irbid 211-63 Jordan Tel. 962 2 7211111 ext.2300 E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Leinenweber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <rietveld_l@ill.fr> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 8:57 PM > Thanks for the correction! - Kurt > > > ------- > > Kurt Leinenweber > Department of Chemistry > Arizona State University > Tempe, AZ 85287-1604 > > Phone: (480)-965-8853 > Fax: (480)-965-2747 > > ------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Billinge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:26 AM > To: rietveld_l@ill.fr > > > shouldn't that be a cogniscento (or cogniscenta)? > > S > > Kurt Leinenweber wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> It's interesting to me that so many well-intentioned scientific questions >> are met with the response, "why don't you check the FAQ and get back to >> us when you are a cognescenti," and yet the political question of what is >> legal or illegal to transfer always elicits a very enthusiastic >> discussion. >> >> - Kurt >> >> ------- >> >> Kurt Leinenweber >> Department of Chemistry >> Arizona State University >> Tempe, AZ 85287-1604 >> >> Phone: (480)-965-8853 >> Fax: (480)-965-2747 >> >> ------- >> >> > > -- > Prof. Simon Billinge > Department of Physics and Astronomy > 4268 Biomed. Phys. Sciences Building > Michigan State University > East Lansing, MI 48824 > tel: +1-517-355-9200 x2202 > fax: +1-517-353-4500 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > home: http://nirt.pa.msu.edu/ > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.1/355 - Release Date: 6/2/2006 > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.