Re: [OSList] Summer Research -- "Ultimaticity"

2014-12-08 Thread Suzanne Daigle via OSList
Words and images! I could hardly resist. *From the dictionary:* the first one applies and the second one not! I offer this image on the first picturing splendid repeated supination in Camden Maine during those lazy hazy days of summer! Suzanne *su·pine* ˈso͞oˌpīn/ *adjective* adjective: *supin

[OSList] Summer Research -- "Ultimaticity"

2014-12-08 Thread Harrison Owen via OSList
"Ultimaticity" - I love it! I have always known that language is a living reality, which means amongst other things, it grows. When new words are needed, they manifest. Some stay. Some go, and dictionaries do their best to keep up. There are also some dictionaries that pretend to control language,