An invitation

[Scott Sadowsky]

On 9/14/2003 09:15 AM, Robert Hartwell Fiske wrote the following:

>Is anyone on this list interested in, and capable of, writing a well-reasoned
>refutation of "The Decline of the Dictionary":

 From the article in question:

>It's quite true: people are increasingly monosyllabic; after all, many
>people today prefer dis (included in the Collegiate tenth and eleventh) to
>disparage or disrespect or insult.

Zipf!

Monosyllabically yours,
Scott