Ecologic Etymology

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Thu May 24 16:50:52 UTC 2012


Working towards a greener yesterday.
Joel S. Berson wrote: RE: Ecologic Etymology <<< I propose an organization
to be called "Ecologic Etymology" -- whose charter is to remove polluting
words from the lexical atmosphere.>>>
WB: What it is, is ... ecologic etymology sounds more like re-writing
word-history, so that it is greener. (Written from the perspective of an
Irish monk?)

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