Re: moore blabla (Re: Fire, Food and Fish - Homo erectus didn't need fire to cook

From: J Moore (anthrosciguy_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 22:05:20 GMT

Marc Verhaegen <fa204466@skynet.be> wrote in message
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> "J Moore" <anthrosciguy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > > > The phrase "so-called" - used by you - implies doubt.
>
> > > Don't be ridiculous. Longman dictionary: "so-called" = called or named
> the stated thing.
>
> > The actual entry from Longman's dictionary: -- so-called -- adjective
> [only before noun] a word used to describe someone or something that has
> been given a name that you think is wrong: The so-called expert on
> international affairs turned out to be a research student. So it seems
> another piece of the puzzle falls into place. No wonder Marc so oftewn
gets
> things wrong; he can't even read a short entry in a dictionary without
> misrepresenting it.
>
> Biased idiot. Longman dict.of contemp.English: so-called: 1st meaning:
> called or named the stated thing: the so-called "Social Contract" between
> the gevernement and unions.
>

My mistake -- I had no idea they would have a completely different
definition in their web dictionary than in another version. Of course, you
do say "1st meaning": you are giving the complete entry, aren't you? I
mean, when it says "1st meaning" I would expect there'd be a second and
maybe more. At any rate, just for your future information, when you use the
word "so-called" in the English language, it always carries a strong
connotation that you feel the word you're referring to as "so-called" is "a
word used to describe someone or something that has been given a name that
you think is wrong:" 

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JMoore
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