Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought it was from the Latin- PED, referring to feet as in PEDestrian, and ANTRY (similar to ENTRY but associated with the mouth) and together implies putting ones foot in the mouth.... Of course, English is not my first language- and I was born here! I learned that from a linguist who told me that I was speaking- 'Standardized Southern'! Sho' nuff, she did, an' she was right purty, too! Dan ( Hot Damn! Y'all) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 10:53 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] LUGforum and feuds? > pedantism \Ped"ant*ism\, n. The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; > pedantry. [Obs.] > > Websters Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C 1996, 1998 > > Presumably English isn't your first language Dante (I know it isn't Rob's, > so his ignorance is understandable) > > This was used in the disposition sense - something which both seem to > exhibit > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html