by Mike <prabbit1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 24, 2008 at 09:08 PM
Ben Goren wrote:
> Mike wrote:
>
> > One other remark about this part. If you said "I have a tree in
> > my yard" I'd think of a woody plant standing over 5-6' tall. So
> > there'd be very little confusion with this word, even if I might
> > picture a pine tree when it's actually an apple tree.
>
> ...and when it turned out that you had a gallows instead? Or a
> genealogical chart? Or a sorting algorithm?
The context would usually tend to show which type of tree you're
meaning, although yes, there can still be some confusion.
> The word ``god'' is used for /far/ more than the proper name of
> head of the Judeo-Christian pantheon.
I realize that. My argument is that it's used TOO far more.
