Re: "Gymnasium"

On 2008-03-26, benlizro@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Mar 27, 1:32 am, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why? Am I an Anglist? a lexicographer?

I guess not. So you should avoid dogmatic pronouncements about what
things mean in English.

Can he do that?


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People in a famine relief camp may be _literally_ starving, but
it is not a thing to say about oneself towards lunchtime.
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