wix@bergil.DEC (Jack Wickwire) (01/15/85)
This is being forwarded through me to NET.STARTREK. I only do some basic formatting and I am not responsible for its content. All responses sent to me will be forwarded to the author. The word "dunsel" is not in the Oxford English Dictionary, or in the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, or in Webster's Third International, or in the Oxford American Dictionary, or in the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. None of this precludes its having been invented by West Point, but I'm inclined to think it was made up specifically for "Star Trek". Somebody who has access to such things might consult some dictionaries of American slang. "Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach." -------- PDDB