(September 7, 2015 at 10:52 am)robvalue Wrote: Lol, something like that! I find the usual dictionary definitions to be pointless.
People don't know what the fuck they're talking about. They change the rules to how this "special" stuff works to fit any situation.
That's why I don't care for verbal disputes. Both parties will quote dictionaries while not understanding there are different types of definitions(ex. stipulative definition vs lexical definition) and what the goals of dictionaries are, many dictionaries just describe how many people use a word not how they should use it.
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. - Denis Diderot
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We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. - Gore Vidal
