atw: Re: Word of the day: Vertiginous.

  • From: "Peter G. Martin" <pmartin11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Michael Edward Granat <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:19:25 +1100

 
Now, with bated breath, we= wait for: &#160;&#160;&#160;<wait for it>...
<wait for= it>... 

  

&#160;vertiginousality 

  

a thing that makes learning curves even= steeper... 

  

God 'elp us... 

  

--Peter M

Michael Edward= Granat:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:42:26 +1100, =A0you are alleged to have= written:
>=A0<">http://www= .askoxford.com/concise_oed/vertiginous?view=3Duk&gt</a>;
>
>=A0Found (in its adverbal form as= vertiginously) but used>=A0in a manner
quite= opposite to its meaning, in an ABC>=A0News Web site= article @:
>=A0<">http://www= .abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1299651.htm&gt</a>;
>
>=A0That aside, there must be an= application for this word>=A0and its
variants= (the Collins also lists the noun>=A0vertiginousness) in= all
technical manuals, don't you>=A0think? Especially= where high resolution
becomes just>=A0too high for= comfort.
>
>=A0Cheers,
>
>=A0Michael
>
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