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Hi Terry and the list I;ve noticed a penchant for quoting dictionary meanings, sometimes historical, of dubious relevance to current polysemy of most terms and also dubious relevance to the discussion in hand. The etymological fallacy is a common disease http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_fallacy Dr Gavin Melles BA (Auckland University), MLing (University of Costa Rica), EdD (Deakin University) Research Fellow, Faculty of Design http://www2.swinburne.edu.au/design/nidr/ Swinburne University of Technology Associate Fellow, Communications Research Insitute http://www.communication.org.au/ ----- Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email.