A QUESTION for the esteemed list serve

[Benjamin Barrett]

A state takeover.

Wiktionary and the OED both say that "nationalisation" means the act of bringing under "state" control, but I understand this to refer to the "nation" meaning of "state," not the "US state" meaning of "state." But it does mean arguing against the dictionary to make your point.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Oct 5, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Benjamin Barrett <benjaminbarrett85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> A state takeover.
>
> Wiktionary and the OED both say that "nationalisation" means the act of bringing under "state" control, but I understand this to refer to the "nation" meaning of "state," not the "US state" meaning of "state." But it does mean arguing against the dictionary to make your point.
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Seattle, WA
>
> On Oct 5, 2012, at 8:57 AM, Dan Nussbaum <yekkey at AOL.COM> wrote:
>
>>
>> Recently the State of Connecticut has moved to take over all vaccine distri=
>> bution within the state. A member of my Pediatric list serve complained tha=
>> t this is nationalization of vaccine distribution.=20
>>
>>
>> I pointed out that since the State of Connecticut is not a nation this is n=
>> ot nationalization. He replied that any government takeover is nationalizat=
>> ion. What would the esteemed members of this list serve call a state takeov=
>> er of a hitherto private function.
>

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