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RE: algorithm, routine
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k: Three. Used to be five but two banned me for excessive persiflage because I am such a bad pers......
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November 10, 2006 09:06
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word: As we use the expr, somebody's folly is anything unsuccessful that he has created...
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November 10, 2006 08:58
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Goofy: "Claiming that a word has a certain meaning is not being prescriptivist. It's just stating a ......
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November 09, 2006 12:37
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arnie: No, no seriously, don't give up. Go to OneLook under algorithm and see if some of the defs ......
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November 09, 2006 09:46
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arnie: I wouldn't be too sure about that. First of all, "algorithm" is often used to mean not prog......
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November 09, 2006 08:45
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Guys, don't get me wrong. As a fellow card-carrying prescriptivist I maintain that broadening or st......
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November 09, 2006 08:11
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Guys thank you, this is all extremely enlightening. Other sources agreee that "algorithm" isn't a s......
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November 08, 2006 09:07
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Bob: Thank you again. While I realize that Word, Outlook, and Norton are programs, none of these i......
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November 07, 2006 16:26
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Thanks again guys and don't stop Tho it's becoming clear that "routine" is still the closest zm: a......
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November 07, 2006 11:55
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zm: Thank you for that excellent rundown. I will be first to admit my vocabulary is more free-rang......
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November 07, 2006 09:03
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zm: Thank you kindly for all that. But please, where else have I used it incorrectly Isn't spam r......
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November 07, 2006 06:55
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November 07, 2006 06:24
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What do you understand by this term To me ~ constitutes a gigantic institution fueled by greed, the......
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November 03, 2006 08:20
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Earlier this morning accessing a sister site (which for reasons of protocol must remain anonymous), ......
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October 31, 2006 09:29
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Lately I note this expr used in mitigating response to an unwarranted umbrage, eg John: What a colo......
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October 31, 2006 04:42
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The cops wouldn’t help him because he was a fair –NYPD Blue I can't provide further context but by ......
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October 30, 2006 07:11
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Repeatedly in the past I've broached the subject of finding the earliest use of an expr without reso......
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October 27, 2006 07:53
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Suppose you needed to know the age of a term such as this. How would you go about it online without......
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October 21, 2006 08:28
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Would you agree with this def and if not how would you express it Thanks all ......
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October 21, 2006 08:20
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If you have a moment I wonder if you’d consider my puzzlement As indicated in Writer’s Market many ......
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