Subject | Re: Humiliation |
From | Geoffrey Kimbrough |
Date | 2002-05-18 22:27 (2002-05-18 22:27) |
Message-ID | <3CE6B24C.F96F91BE@earthlink.net> |
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Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
Follows | Flame of the West |
Flame of the WestThe issue of whether dictionaries are descriptive or prescriptive is far from settled. In some circles the point is argued with at least as much passion and a great deal more seriousness than the balrog wing question is here.
No, "humiliation" means what the dictionary says it means.