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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: dictionary
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:52:44 -0400 (EDT)
dictionary http://www.alansondheim.org/dict.png 1. dictionary = dictionary = = = - = - a = a absolute = absolute aim = aim an = an and = and any = any application = application beyond = beyond confluence = confluence construct = construct degree = degree demonstrating = demonstrating dictionary = dictionary doubt = doubt each = each equivalent = equivalent exactitude = exactitude fecundity = fecundity functional = functional fundamental = fundamental i = i in = in is = is it = it itself = itself meaning = meaning of = of only = only practical = practical preserved = preserved reasonable = reasonable result = result say = say simultaneously = simultaneously space = space such = such that = that the = the therefore = therefore this = this to = to tolerance = tolerance which = which within = within word = word 2. application = application the = the only = only reasonable = reasonable and = and absolute = absolute dictionary = dictionary is = is the = the dictionary = dictionary of = of the = the absolute = absolute - = - that = that is = is to = to say = say a = a dictionary = dictionary of = of absolute = absolute exactitude = exactitude in = in which = which each = each word = word is = is equivalent = equivalent to = to itself = itself and = and therefore = therefore the = the fecundity = fecundity of = of meaning = meaning is = is preserved = preserved i = i aim = aim to = to construct = construct such = such a = a dictionary = dictionary within = within this = this space = space of = of confluence = confluence and = and therefore = therefore demonstrating = demonstrating beyond = beyond a = a reasonable = reasonable doubt = doubt that = that it = it is = is simultaneously = simultaneously functional = functional and = and practical = practical within = within any = any degree = degree of = of tolerance = tolerance this = this is = is an = an absolute = absolute and = and fundamental = fundamental result = result */this is based on the premise that if one translates from language A to B, one tries to find the most appropriate word in B to match A. so, for an english- to-english dictionary, the most appropriate word is the word itself. this functions both as tautology and reaffirmation./* = = =