[net.nlang] Usage of biweekly, bimonthly

mark (02/12/83)

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zinfandel!mark    Feb 11 09:48:00 1983

It's also true that Carroll and Shakespeare were a lot better at making
up new words that most of the current English-speaking world.

Mark Wittenberg

mmt (02/18/83)

==============================================It's also true that Carroll and Shakespeare were a lot better at making
up new words that most of the current English-speaking world.

============================================== ....still uses (?)

A nice (in the old sense as well as the common non-sense) misprint!

mark (02/24/83)

#R:dciem:-17700:zinfandel:9300009:000:581
zinfandel!mark    Feb 18 17:24:00 1983

    =============================================
    It's also true that Carroll and Shakespeare were a lot better at making
    up new words that most of the current English-speaking world.

    ============================================= ....still uses (?)

     nice (in the old sense as well as the common non-sense) misprint!
    ---------

Well, sorry about that. I meant
    ... new words THAN most of the ...

that is, most people can't make up new words as well as Carroll and Shakespeare
could.


Not afraid to make typos
Mark Wittenberg
...!decvax!sytek!zehntel!mark