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- From: margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
- Subject: Re: Nyikos and the one bad apple theory of forced pregnancy.
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.234352.7134@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:43:52 GMT
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- References: <nyikos.724627328@milo.math.scarolina.edu> <34527@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <34529@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <nyikos.725150678@milo.math.scarolina.edu> <1992Dec28.065056.50307@watson.ibm.com> <C03G0J.H94@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
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- In <C03G0J.H94@ra.nrl.navy.mil> psl@nrl.navy.mil (Paul Lebow) writes:
- >Larry.....Oh Laaaaarrryyy. This is the ghost of old Dan Webster hauting
- >you. Have you looked up the definition of "child" lately, Larry?
-
- Yup.
-
- _Dictionary of Contempory American Usage_
-
- infant; child; baby. An *infant*, in the general usage of the
- word, is a *child* during the earliest period of its life when it is
- still being carried about, "a babe in arms." *Infant* and *baby* in
- current American usages are synonymous, though *baby* is the everyday
- word and *infant* would seem formal or a little archaic. A *child*
- is a baby or an infant but in general use it applies to persons below
- the age of puberty and since *baby* is generally used of the very
- young, a *child* commonly designates someone anywhere between weaning
- and puberty. In law an *infant* is a minor, a person under twenty-
- one, and a *child* is any descendant, regardless of age. *Baby* is
- not recognized in the law as designating a category.
-
- Why do you ask?
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- Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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