atw: Re: Word of the day: Vertiginous.
- From: "BJA" <bashley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:27:16 +1100
or, vertiginousaliosis
A disease that causes you to fall off the learning curve. :)
Cheers,
Bruce Ashley
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To: Michael Edward Granat; austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Now, with bated breath, we= wait for:    <wait for it>...
<wait for= it>...
 
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></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></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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