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- From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Fisher...uh...person
- Date: 3 Jan 1993 06:46:05 GMT
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- References: <1993Jan03.003802.28242@microsoft.com>
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- From article <1993Jan03.003802.28242@microsoft.com>, by frankm@microsoft.com (Frank R.A.J. Maloney):
- > In article <1i296iINNsrl@uwm.edu> jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu writes:
- >>> sandy@halcyon.com (Sandy Fifer) wonders:
- >>>
- >>> | What's wrong with using fisher, server, sewer, crafter, etc.? These
- >>> | words don't sound cumbersome to me.
- >>
- >>Also be careful who you call a fisher.
- >>Fisher: Carnivorous mammal of North America, _martes pennanti_.
- >> This is a member of the same genus as the marten (_martes
- >> americana_), and the sable (_martes zibellina_).
- >
- > I'd be careful about the selective use of dictionaries and other
- > reference works.
- >
- > fisher n. 1. a fisherman. 2. any animal that catches fish
- > for food. 3. a dark-brown or blackish, somewht fox-like
- > marten, Martes pennanti, of northern North America. 4. its
- > fur. [ME fischer, OE fiscere, See FISH, -ER^1]
-
- _I_ know that -- and so does everyone else who reads this gorup. There
- seemed to be no need to repeat the first definition you cite, as this
- was explicit in the original poster's message. (Same argument for
- number 2.) And... my post _was_ a followup to the comments on
- what one should call a person who sews.
-
- Methinks you lost the thread of humor running through this thread.
- Stand back and see the joke. [Oh, I see. You work for Microsoft.
- Sorry. :-) ]
-
- Personally opinionated,
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