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Re: Definition Drift, WAS: Bowditch 1995 Table 18
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2005 Feb 3, 16:44 -0400
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2005 Feb 3, 16:44 -0400
Well, heh-heh, no, I suspect that some kids unfamiliar with analog timepieces might in fact consider them arcane, much the way they privately view our increasingly archaic generation (obscure, mysterious, and complicated). Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Roizen > unsolicited and pedantic language footnote: The word "arcane" means > obscure, mysterious, and complicated; the writer was probably intending > "archaic." > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jared Sherman > Personally I still > prefer an analog clock and watch for many reasons, but it is becoming the > arcane tool.
