[Lexicog] Re: Frequency counts as a lexicographic measure

[Mike Maxwell]

Kenneth C. Hill wrote:
> Are you perhaps thinking of words like "revocate"? I heard Elizabeth Dole,
> then Secretary of Transportation, use this term instead of the expected
> "revoke" (with reference to driving licences), perhaps backformed from
> "revocation". "Revocate" is listed in Merriam-Webster's Second Edition,
> but with the notation that it is obsolete.

"Orientate".  There, I knew if I didn't think about it, I would think of
it!  And doubtless prompted by the similarity of your "revocate".  Both
ugly words if ever I heard one.
--
	Mike Maxwell
	Linguistic Data Consortium
	maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu


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