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Page 3 of 3 < 1 2 3 Topic Options #175996 - 04/18/08 01:24 AM Re: Literal Meaning Vs. Dictionary Definition [Re: Bigwig Rabbit] zmjezhd zmjezhd veteran Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 1523 Loc: R'lyeh I agree with goofy. Calling it essential meaning is misleading. Calling it etymological meaning would be better. And while you're at it, you might explain the etymological fallacy to your students. Top #176004 - 04/18/08 08:21 AM Re: Literal Meaning Vs. Dictionary Definition [Re: zmjezhd] Bigwig Rabbit Bigwig Rabbit newbie Registered: 11/22/07 Posts: 29 Loc: California, USA Ah. Epiphany. I'd never heard of the etymological fallacy. This helps my understanding, and thus should help me better inform my students. Thanks for that! _________________________ http://shooper60.googlepages.com/home Top Page 3 of 3 < 1 2 3 Previous Topic   Index   Next Topic   Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode zmjezhd View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Bigwig Rabbit View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 6471 Members 16 Forums 12017 Topics 176675 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 2 registered (twosleepy, 1 invisible) and 105 anonymous users online. details Newest Members pardeep, rahi, Charlie R, SBK, ipilipil 6470 Registered Users Top Posters 13858 wwh 11418 Faldage 9598 Jackie 8573 tsuwm 6379 AnnaStrophic 6296 Wordwind 6045 etaoin 5362 of troy 4683 maverick 4186 WhitmanO'Neill May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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