[Air-l] Definitions

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

I was not flaming you.  I am sorry if that was your interpretation.   
I was observing that you attempted to dismiss my argument by waiving  
the magic wand of webster's dictionary at it, so I rejoined with the  
possibility that your construction of the authority in that text  
might not be generally accepted by experts and practitioners in the  
field.  In short, I rejoined your appeal to authority in standard  
rhetorical fashion, responding to rhetoric with rhetoric.

On Oct 17, 2006, at 5:58 PM, Sam Tilden wrote:

> Jeremy,
>
>   I will not allow you to start a flame war with me. Pick on  
> somebody else.
>
>   Sam
>
> Jeremy Hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu> wrote:
>   yes, that is why there are many dictionaries... and you know what...
> there are encyclopedias, textbooks, and even a whole field of
> study:) i don't see many in science citing webster's dictionary as
> the canonical definition, but perhaps they should be...
>
>> You'll have to take that up with the writers at Webster's Dictionary.
>
>
> Jeremy Hunsinger
> School of Library and Information Science
> Pratt Institute
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jeremy hunsinger
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