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Re: dinosaur flatware
In a message dated 96-01-11 17:27:41 EST, kseo@BBN.COM (Karen Seo) writes:
>But clearly the word
>now has two meanings -- the "accurate" scientific one and the more
>generally used "mistaken" one. I guess I don't consider folks to be
>misusing the word dinosaur since most of them agree with each other on
>what it means.
Yes, these would be what are known as the "scientific" term and the
"vernacular" term, respectively.