[meteorite-list] Re: eBay warning about seller - RE: non-words

From: Charles Viau <cviau_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Feb 18 00:20:22 2005
Message-ID: <20050218052020.6F9172659F_at_ns4.beld.net>

I hate non-words like meteorright and meteorwrong also,
How about a new system...

Meteorite+ or just meteorite A meteorite
Meteorite- or !meteorite NOT A meteorite

Then there is
Meteorite++ More than one meteorite
<meteorite A meteor
>meteorite An asteroid size meteorite
-meteorite A stolen meteorite
(meteorite) undiscovered meteorite

... add to the list...

CharlyV


-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of David
Freeman
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:35 PM
To: Bob Evans
Cc: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com; MexicoDoug@aol.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: eBay warning about seller

Dear Bob, List;
Indeed so! So, to ask the $64,000 question, does the commonly used
term "meteorwrong" come with a negative connotation, and does it have a
presence in dictionaries, meaning does it have diction with a positive
connotation, or is it still a negative, there be it, a negative
negative being a positive?
Can we get "meteorwrong" in a dictionary with a positive connotation?
D. Freeman
(whose main language is English...err a strain of northern MI. hillbilly)

Bob Evans wrote:

> OH MY GOD !
> Anyone in the mood for an English lesson ??
> Doug....... drop the dictionary and pick up a meteorite. Its more
> exhilarating. Trust me !!
> And we pick on poor Steve !! Shame on us.
>
> BE
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <MexicoDoug_at_aol.com>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: eBay warning about seller
>
>
>>
>> CMcdon0923_at_aol.com wrote:
>>
>> <<<i dont get it - smeone was booted off of ebay for selling a
>> 'fake'meteowrong????? >>>
>>
>>> Wouldn't a "fake meteor-wrong" be a "meteor-right"? You
>>> >know....two negatives make a positive, and all that.....
>>
>>
>> Hola CMcdon0923, "fake" is just used an adjective in English, no harm
>> done by the original poster. A false positive isn't a negative you
>> know, and the converse. It doesn't say the not not a meteorite,
>> that's an adverb I think but English is so cool as a language if you
>> understand it from context clearly there is no need to find fake
>> faults with it:)
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