From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!hou5f!hou5d!houxz!ihnp4!ihldt!ihtnt!fjg Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: BC/BCE and all that tripe Article-I.D.: ihtnt.257 Posted: Mon Jan 31 12:56:46 1983 Received: Tue Feb 1 09:41:28 1983 References: tektronix.904 Rich Amber states that a dictionary entry does not make a meaning correct, only popular. C'mon Rich, what do you think, the 'true' meaning of words are ordained by God ? As a language grows and develops, words sometimes take on new meanings. Even though some words do not mean the same thing now that they did 50 years ago, they still have a 'true' meaning. And the 'true' meaning is the popular meaning. -Joe Glynn BTL IH ihtnt!fjg