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To: GilesB
Since I was the one who expressed my interest in Goode as an outlier, it is my use of the true definition that applies, not the one you pull out to fit your argument of the moment.


 


'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,
' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'  


248 posted on 05/30/2012 4:45:56 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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To: Elsie

My use of the TRUE definition, dear Elsie - put the emphasis where it belongs.


280 posted on 05/31/2012 6:23:23 AM PDT by GilesB
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