XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: mungkb@vt.edu   
      
   David Johnston wrote:   
   > On 10 Aug 2007 11:50:16 -0600, Eric Schwartz    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Captain Nerd  writes:   
   >>>  Eric Schwartz  wrote:   
   >>>> So that's a good reason to use the wrong word?   
   >>>   
   >>>    It's worked for millenia, why change now?   
   >>>   
   >>>    (hint: why are "flammable" and "inflammable" synonyms?)   
   >>   
   >> Hint: not the reason you think.   
   >>   
   >> Flammable comes from the Latin word flammare.   
   >> Inflammable comes from the Latin word inflammare.   
   >>   
   >> Both words are (clearly) related, but distinct.  "In-" does not   
   >> always mean "without, not".   
   >>   
   >>>    The "wrong word" is the word that isn't mutually understood by   
   >>>    the speaker/writer and the listener/reader.   
   >>   
   >> The "wrong word" is the word that makes understanding more difficult   
   >> or introduces ambiguity where precision is available.  Understanding   
   >> may be possible even with the "wrong word", but it may be clumsy or   
   >> confusing.   
   >   
   > Given that he actually gave the link to say which wiki he was talking   
   > about, I see no ambiguity.   
      
   Given that "wiki" means "wikipedia" in the vast, vast majority of the times   
   it is used, in general disucssion, I would say there's no ambiguity.   
      
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