In article <b0lon3t7cf37d9hbc6j5apv71me4cf4p8d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Howard Brazee <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Wayne Throop) wrote:
>
>> Sometimes it's convenient to do that, but in this case it seems
>> largely INconvenient, especially since "X is magic" and "Y is
>> science", as a language usage, doesn't mention "to whom" at all.
>> Hence, misleading, inconvenient, less-than-useful, etc, etc.
>> IMO.
>
> But if most everybody agrees that witches are magic and TVs are
> science, we should work with their language.
Nitpick: traditionally witches are magic-*users*, not magic things
themselves. (Yes there are the water-soluble humanoids of Oz, but
I think that they're a bit outside the mainstream.)
--
William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
|
