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Re: Humiliation

Geoffrey Kimbrough
SubjectRe: Humiliation
FromGeoffrey Kimbrough
Date2002-05-18 22:27 (2002-05-18 22:27)
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FollowsFlame of the West

Flame of the West wrote:

Flame of the West
No, "humiliation" means what the dictionary says it means.

The 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.

Drosselmeyer