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Re: Problem Words

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Problem Words
• Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 22:18:11 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

ja' charghwI':
>Or the way we now misuse "analog" (a noun) as an adjective to
>mean anything that is not digital. An analog watch, for example
>is not analog. There are no levels of anything which are acting
>as an analog for anything else. Hands are moving and pointing.
>That is not an analog. It is just an inaccurate retronym.

bIlughbe'.

QIb lo'bogh tlhaq lutlh rurbej yevDaq tlhaq tuQlu'bogh.
tlhetlhtaHvIS pem vIHbogh QIb Da tlhaqna' rep tIH.

qatlh chen "clockwise" lurgh?
"northern hemisphere"-Daq QIbtlhaq Da.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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