commenter vs. commentator

[Victor Steinbok]

Which of them comments and which commentates?

     VS-)

PS: BTW spell-checkers are ignoring "commentate" and its progeny.

On 6/21/2010 4:45 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> Thank heavens someone knew I was joshing.
>
> Joel
>
> At 6/21/2010 12:54 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>
>> At 12:03 PM -0400 6/21/10, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>
>>> A commentator is an authoritative, reputable, prestigious commenter.
>>>
>>> Joel
>>>
>> or sometimes just a paid one
>>
>> LH

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