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RE: Why is it....



I've always found "proactive" humorous, since the original definition of

pro-active was "an obstacle to training." The hyphenated spelling remains in

my new company-supplied dictionary, but not the original definition.



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer





-----Original Message-----

From: Doug Huffman [mailto:dhuffman@awod.com]

Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 5:11 PM

To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: Re: Why is it....





I've a miniature OED and two Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionaries

in two significantly different states of wear.  I don't know what I'll do

when neither W7NCD is useable.  Maybe I'll just go mute.  I'll use newer

dictionaries grudgingly only when I want to know the meaning of some

neologism but not otherwise.



How 'bout "proactive[sic]" for a POS neologism?



The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.





----- Original Message -----

From: <L_K_II_Les_Aldrich@RL.GOV>

To: <rstrickert@signaturescience.com>; <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:02 PM

Subject: RE: Why is it....





> Rick,

>

> You can't trust dictionaries.  Their authors include a lot of words only

> because enough people use/pronounce them incorrectly. For example, "ain't"

> and my pet peeve "preventative" were not in the dictionaries a few decades

> ago.  "New-Q-ler" may be there, but that still doesn't make it right.

>

> Les Aldrich

> l_k_ii_les_aldrich@rl.gov

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Strickert, Rick [mailto:rstrickert@signaturescience.com]

> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:23 AM

> To: RadSafe

> Subject: RE: Why is it....

>

>

> Bob Westerdale wrote:

>

> > After watching Pres. Bush's State of the Union last night,

> > I am wondering if there is any reasonable way to get him

> > to pronounce the word 'Nuclear" correctly.  I cringed each

> > time he referred to 'Nuke-yu-ler' threats

>

> On another list someone responded to the mispronunciation

> by suggesting it was all part of Bush's strategery.

>

> BTW, the online Merriam-Webster dictionary gives both

> pronunciations for 'nuclear' -

>

>    Main Entry: nu·cle·ar

>    Pronunciation: 'nü-klE-&r,  'nyü-, ÷-ky&-l&r

>    Function: adjective

>    Date: 1846

>

> The site also has audio .wav files to hear the word.

>

> Rick Strickert

> Austin, TX

> Fellow "nukular" cringer

>

>

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