destinator redux; destinatee indux

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Tue Feb 27 02:42:43 UTC 2007


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."
>
>   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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