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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:21:19 -0800
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- From: Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>
- Subject: Re: Shark
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- > Oh yes! 1) We are not face-to-face, and 2) we are not sucking up
- > for a grade.
- And probably a good number of us are two steps away from
- brain death. WHy shouldn't 'we', whoever 'we' are (or is),
- be motivated by a need to keep our five wits sharp.
-
- > I don't know where it came from, that's why I asked. But I'm a
- > historical linguist, Peter, and I know that while we do not always
- > know where words came from, they certainly do come from somewhere.
- > Karen
-
- I'll agree with you for the vast majority of words, but, for
- instance, take the 1400 (or is it 1700?) words that *The Joy of Lex*
- attributes directly to Shakespeare. Suppose they all did originate
- in Shakespeare's mind/imagination. Can 'we' not say they were born
- out of nothing? Alternatively, do we have to say Shakespeare got
- them from some where? If so, where?
-
- Peter
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