Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA

No prescription is anarchy; and under the false banner of democracy, it is
really anarchy that is being promoted in the US and countries infected by
its sepsis.

We are not talking about 'science' unless you think an English teacher is a
scientist.


Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA


> Depends on what you're prescribing. I see too many
> bone heads prescribing non-scientific belief. Social
> "science" as such doesn't lend itself to prescription.
> In any case, much of science is description, not
> prescription. Prescription, when not warranted is a
> sure path to fascism.
> Languages, by nature, can only be described --unless
> you're prescribing Newspeak. Sloppiness, of course,
> has its consequences.
>
> --- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:
>
> > I usually go by #1 definitions.
> >
> > The #2 definition is just another symptom that our
> > teachers are afraid to
> > teach, and are willing to accept any sloppy meaning
> > or pronunciation or
> > grammar or vocabulary as 'usage'.
> >
> > To prescribe something is terrifying to them
> > nowadays. To identify ignorance
> > might offend the self-righteous ignorant.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
> > To: "Patrick Ryan" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 10:17 PM
> > Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA
> >
> >
> > > At 10:21:31 PM on Monday, February 25, 2008,
> > Patrick Ryan
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > We do not "posit" in linguistics.
> > >
> > > We most certainly do.
> > >
> > > AHD4 s.v. <posit>, definition 2: 'to put forward,
> > as for
> > > consideration or study; suggest'.
> > >
> > > M-W Online s.v. <posit>, definition 3: 'to propose
> > as an
> > > explanation'.
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
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