Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not really. Merriam Webster's Third New International Dictionary (Unabridged) cites "dieing" and nothing else (dying is _not_ an alternative form for the meaning of die (transitive verb) cited below. I didn't know that. Now I do. Daniel buzz.hausner@verizon.net wrote: > No, my awareness is pretty thorough. I proper dictionary would cite > die-ing as vulgar. > > Buzz > > >>From: <buzz.hausner@verizon.net> >>Date: Tue Jun 07 08:42:41 CDT 2005 >>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] Good Writing is Harder Than Good Photography > > >>>From: Timothy Atherton <tim@kairosphoto.com> >>>Date: Tue Jun 07 08:42:41 CDT 2005 >>>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>>Subject: RE: [Leica] Good Writing is Harder Than Good Photography >> >>>>Apparently so. I am unaware of "Dieing" as a word in English; did you >>>>mean dieting? >>>> >>>> Buzz >>> >>>apparently a somewhat limited awareness? >>> >>>>From my open dictionary here: >>> >>>died, die.ing, dies >>>To cut, form, or stamp with or as if with a die. >>> >>> >>>tim > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information