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OP Dear Jackie: Tsuwm and I are talking about the last "Today's Word".
Dear tsuwm: My vision is not very good, but when a light is out, it is not invisible to me until it is over a hundred yards awy. I just feel that bit was not up to Wordsmith's standard.
I suppose you could say when the moon is out, we see its light. When a light bulb is out, we see no light from it. And our saying a light is "out" is a carry-over from days of candles and lamps. I think we now more often say a light is "off" referring to action of switch.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted contronym wwh 12/16/01 06:44 PM Re: contronym tsuwm 12/16/01 07:11 PM Re: contronym Jackie 12/16/01 08:26 PM Max Quordlepleen 12/16/01 08:29 PM Re: contronym wwh 12/16/01 08:54 PM
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