Re: LSSU issues annual list of words to be banished

["David Lodge" <dave () cirt net>]

[For some reason didn't get the original]
On Jan 3, 2008 6:30 PM, Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
> wrote:
> > "SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. -- The wordsmiths at Lake Superior State  
> > University are giving back to English speakers everywhere with their  
> > 33rd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse,  
> > Overuse and General Uselessness.

Why have they got wordsmith in? I'm all in favour of using the original  
Anglo-Saxon words rather than the Latin/Greek rip-offs we use now:
wordsmith vs author
forelast vs penultimate

No contest; the anglo-saxon word wins every time...

dave
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