destinator redux; destinatee indux

Tue Feb 27 13:06:14 UTC 2007

Sure, Joel, it's just an opinion anyway....

  JL

"Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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At 2/26/2007 06:28 PM, Jon L. wrote:
> That means, "Through this requisite proof of piety, Roland is
> transformed and by grace is raised to Heaven."
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> The author doesn't use "destinatee" quite as much. Not in OED.

The second of Jon's ... when I next want a translation from
Post-modernese, may I call upon you, Jon?

Joel

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