"For O, for O...the hobby horse is forgot"
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 21:41:32 -0500 "W.L. Godshalk"
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> Stephen Whitworth reprimands my attempt at lightening a tense situation:
>
> >I hardly think that it's fair to characterize people's intellectual
> commitments as "hobby horses." It's >precisely that sort of dismissive,
> disrespectful name-calling that Profs. Grossman and Miller were rightly
> >objecting to in Willet's posts.
>
> I suggest that he check the OED s.v. Hobby-horse, definition 6: "a
> favourite pursuit or pastime."
>
> Really, is there anything wrong with having a favourite pursuit?
>
> Yours, Bill Godshalk
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