Release(d?)

[Peter McGraw]

On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 14:07:23 EDT RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:

> in reply to <pmcgraw at linfield.edu>:
>
> I prefer RELEASED TIME and RELEASED SPACE. RELEASE TIME sounds to me
> like it means 'time when the baloons (or whatever) will be released'.

> I often see HANDICAP PARKING on parking-lot signs,
> which strikes me as a "mistake."

Even though I'm adjusting to "release time," "handicap parking," which
I've also seen, sounds like something they might need at Lourdes for
those who leave their infirmities behind.  (Of course the two are not
really analogous, since "released time" does not mean "time for
the released," and "handicapped parking" does not mean something like
a parking area with crooked or inaccessible spaces.)

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Peter A. McGraw
Linfield College
McMinnville, Oregon
pmcgraw at linfield.edu