Re: Darwin, Evolution, the Animal Kingdom, and Man

From: Albert (albertwagner_at_cox.net)
Date: 12/05/04 

Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 21:30:33 -0600

patty wrote:
<snip>
> Fine. Actually it takes authors with large followings and prestigious
> publications to get a new word into our culture. People at my level of
> that food chain don't have much effect. I realize that. But it won't
> stop me from trying. I like to write and communicate subtle points
> without a lot of words getting in the way. I also like to read subtle
> points expressed clearly. For example, Bill Modlin recently said
> something that i have been trying to say for a long time ... i wish i
> had said it as clearly as he did, check out
> <http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=TtSdnYOgR8DlbzLcRVn-2Q%40metrocastcablevision.com>.
> Making up words, for me, is just part of my writing style. When it is
> done well, the reader knows pretty much what the word means by context.
> "Cudiments" was not my best word, but it wasn't my worst either. I mean
> who could tell me from their memory without looking it up, to what
> "pottes" refers.

My favorite was 'sombunal' By Robert Anton Wilson, a contraction
of 'some, but not all'. 

-- 
"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the 
range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally 
impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."
     -- George Orwell as Syme in "1984"