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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread eristic #101944 04/29/2003 9:06 AM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 12 Bossay-sur-Claise, France crealude stranger crealude stranger Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 12 Bossay-sur-Claise, France I wonder how the same Greek word gave eristic and heuristic with so different meanings. Hey! the spelling robot checked 'eristic' in red! A puzzle a day keeps the hassle away Copy Link to Clipboard Re: eristics #101945 04/29/2003 9:44 AM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 122 Poland, Cracow rav member rav member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 122 Poland, Cracow i think schopenhauer wrote a book about an art of eristics... i never tried to use these rules :)) anyone did?? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: eristic #101946 04/29/2003 9:44 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK But it is charact - eristic that she doesn't recognise the word, suggesting 'erlang' was what you intended! Erlang, apparently is the unit for measuring the density of traffic flow. New to me. Would have been a good one for Hogwash perhaps. Pleased to meet you, by the way! Not sure about the connection with heuristic; according to the OED, heuristic stems from the Greek heurisko = find. Edit: should add that 'she' is Ænigma, the spell-checker. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: eristic #101947 04/29/2003 12:07 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin > according to the OED, heuristic stems from the Greek heurisko = find Eristic is a lot older than heuristic, which came to Englsih via some intermediates like German 'heuristisch' where it aquired something of today's 'exploratory problem-solving technique' meaning, I guess. The semantic lineage is pretty clear-cut and the meanings not altogether disparate. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: eristic #101948 04/29/2003 1:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Eris having been goddess of Discord, "eristic" is opposite to "helping to discover = heuristic". Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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