Re: [Phys-l] Global Evolution as fact

[brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

Hmmm...I see my word choice was a little too fanciful.
Let me quote from COD:

Deny  -  repudiate
scatological -  of obscene literature (among other definition)

There was a time when views of women's stockings - and stocking tops -
were classified this way - but times have changed.

Brian W


On 1/17/2011 2:39 PM, curtis osterhoudt wrote:
> While nit-picking poor nomenclature . . . "scatological"? Really? In contrast to
> that usage, I wouldn't term "denier" anything like so repudiatory.
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> ________________________________
> From: brian whatcott<betwys1@sbcglobal.net>
> To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
> Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 1:35:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Global Evolution as fact
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> While nit-picking typos, I am moved to mention my (minority-held)
> preference for "denyer" rather than "denier" on the basis that long ago,
> and far away, young women prized sheer stockings, which were rated by a
> thread gauge whose unit is "denier" pronounced" deen-yer". The variant
> spelling sets off the repudiatory, from the scatological.
>
> Brian W
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> On 1/16/2011 10:07 PM, LaMontagne, Bob wrote:
> > Babylonian has only one "l" - same as Finkelstein.
> >
> > Bob at PC
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, Steve Clark wrote:
> >
> > > According to last month's National Geographic, Finkelstein's description of
> > > ancient Israel isn't accepted by all archeologists. Let's not give too much
> > > weight to what he says without examining conflicting ideas.
> > >
> > > Steve Clark
> > >
> > > On Jan 9, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Jack Uretsky wrote:
> > >
> > > /snip/
> > > > ...propoganda of Nationalistic ex-Babyllonian captives trying to establish a
> > > > claim to a homeland.
> > > >                        regards,
> > > >                                Jack