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 Re: IBM Micro-partitioning and software licensing John Carlson said: > On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:58:29 -0000 (GMT), "Obnoxio The Chav" > <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote: > >>John Carlson said: >>> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:18:23 -0500, "Art S. Kagel" >>> <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote: >>> >>>>Neil Truby wrote: >>>>> "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote in message >>>>> news:4225FCE7.2030309@bloomberg.net... >>>> >>>>> First of all, only an American could mangle the noun "affinity" and >>>>> come up >>>>> with the verb "affine" :-) >>>> >>>>There's a logic to it. If 'unity' is the noun, 'united' the adjective, >>>> and >>>>'unite' the verb, then for the noun 'affinity' there SHOULD exist the >>>> verb >>>>'affine' if there exists the adjective 'affined'! Voila: >>>> >>>> From The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: >>>> >>>>AFFINED >>>>adj. Linked by a close relationship. Beholden to another; bound. >>>> >>>>Which begs the equivalent definition: >>>> >>>>AFFINE >>>>v. To link by a close relationship. To create an affinity or objects >>>> which >>>>are affined. >>>> >>>>And as the final nail in the 'there ain't no such word' coffin: >>>> >>>> From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) >>>>Affine \Af*fine"\, v. t. [F. affiner to refine; ? (L. ad) + fin fine. >>>> See >>>>{Fine}.] To refine. [Obs.] --Holland. >>> >>> Score one for the Yanks . . .8-) >> >>Well, I'm not sure how. Art, for all his great knowledge on databases, >> has >>succumbed to what grammarians refer to (with some irony) as "verbing" -- >>taking an adjective, noun or other non-verb and making it into a verb. >> >>The fact that his references are all American is also not a particularly >>good sign, very few grammarians will accept an American reference if it >>isn't backed up by a corresponding English reference. Don't shoot the >>messenger, I'm just pointing out how grammarians feel about the quality >> of >>American English. > > At least the British grammarians . . . .8-) I'm not aware that any others are considered authorities. >>Finally, the "final nail in the coffin" says that an out of use instance >>of this word actually means something else than what what Art took it to >>mean. > > He just brings up the logic of it, not necessarily that it exists . . > . purely hypothetical in nature . . . Well, then, why raise it at all? It's quite possible that pigs might fly, but it is irrelevant to the discussion at hand. >>In essence then, I'm not sure how the Yanks scored one here, but if it >>makes you feel happy, then by all means, carry on believing it. > > Still in the realm of the theoretical, not the practical . . . .I'll > take them how I can get them . . . . It would certainly seem to be the only way of doing so.  )-- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche "I'm trying to see things your way, but I can't get my head up my ass" - JCH "Ogni uomo mi guarda come se fossi una testa di cazzo" - Marco Travel broadens a person. You look as if you have been all over the world. I went to the airport to check in and they asked what I did because I looked like a terrorist. I said I was a comedian. They said, "Say something funny then." I told them I had just graduated from flying school. -- Ahmed Ahmed http://members.rogers.com/2remedy/im...nners/RTFM.gif sending to informix-list      |
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