Re: Swear by my [s]word


Subject: Re: Swear by my [s]word
From: Aaron Brager (colombo@toad.net)
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 13:31:05 EST


On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Scottie Bowman wrote:

>
> '... Loan is still not a verb ...'
>
> I WOULD have quoted my Shorter Oxford Dictionary:
> '... LOAN v. Now mainly U.S. M.E. [...] trans. To grant
> the loan of; to lend ...'
> - except that I have no wish to be mistaken
> for an American.
>
> Boy. A nation of lawyers. You can say that again. And
> you'd better get the words right or we'll have another
> fortnight defining exactly what you mean by 'A' & 'of'.
>
> The play is, of course, about the folly of letting the law
> decide human affairs.
>
> Scottie B.

Wow. I leave for a year, and come back.. and Scotty is still a genius.
Doubtful if you remember me considering you're the guy who invented te
wheel-- but hey, whatcha gonna do?

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