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- From: mmmirash@banshee.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi)
- Subject: Re: Panglossian?
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 01:24:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.230208.5596@news2.cis.umn.edu> charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Charles Geyer) writes:
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- >Roger, you have this amazingly panglossian view of the world. Anything
- ^^^^^^^^^^^
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- Can someone please tell me the meaning of this word? Unfortunately I
- do not have my Chambers dictionary with me :( and the Websters
- (oh, how I hate even to look at it; but alas, I have no other option)
- doesn't list it. A previous article mentioned that the on-line OED
- is inaccessible.
-
- Thanks,
- Mandar.
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