Reminds me of the following:
The Washington Post invited contributions to give alternate
definitions for existing words. Someone suggested -
esplanade (v.t.)= to attempt an explanation while drunk
!!
(but now I'm clogging up the e-space)
Tim Needham wrote:
>
> Bob
>
> Mistruct?
> Shurely shome mishtake.
>
> Tim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tectonics & structural geology discussion list
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Robert E Holdsworth
> > Sent: 16 January 2001 11:13
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: pseudotachylite?
> >
> >
> > Stephen,
> >
> > If I might quote Rick Sibson on this subject:
> >
> > "Mistruct anyone who talks about pseudotachylyte but can't spell it
> > properly!"
> >
> > Nuff said
> > Bob Holdsworth
> >
> > Stephen White wrote:
> >
> > > Dear All,
> > > Please can someone clarify whether there is a standard
> > > spelling of pseudotachylyte/pseudotachylite?
> > >
> > > Philpotts (1964), Maddock (1983, 1986), Maddock et al.
> > > (1987), Spray (1987), Teschmer, et al. (1992) and others
> > > used pseudotachylYte,
> > > but I have also seen pseudotachylIte used, and Geologische
> > > Rundschau seem to be insisting on this.
> > > I like pseudotachylYte, even though it is a bit
> > > old-fashioned, and I think the change to psedotachylIte is
> > > part-and-parcel of spelling reforms which include
> > > palaeontology to paleontology, etc.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > cheers, Stephen White
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > Stephen White
> > > Institut fuer Geologie
> > > Universitaet Wuerzburg
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> > > GERMANY
> > >
> > > Tel: +49 931 312695
> > > Fax: +49 931 312378
> > > Homepage http://www.geologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/~swhite
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > --
> > Dr Bob Holdsworth,
> > Reactivation Research Group,
> > Dept of Geological Sciences,
> > University of Durham,
> > Durham DH1 3LE,
> > UK
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> >
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