Re: nascient
Sundeep Dougal (holden@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in)
Sat, 13 Mar 1999 02:43:50 +0500 (GMT+0500)
> > Nascient, Matt? Nascient?
>
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>
> ....And although I had a queasy feeling about it when it first appeared, I
> assumed that Matt must be using that quaint spelling system called
> "American" English. But Scottie's query sent me to my Webster's, where I
> learned that Mighty Matt was guilty of adding an extraneous eye--unless he
> was cleverly creating a new word that means "knowing how to say NO", or
> literally NAY SCIENT....
>
> -Paul
Oh, I had queasy feelings too, alright, but then I thought Matt was just
deliberately misspelling "nescient"!
Sonny