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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Pilotless drone (NOT!) #165709 02/05/2007 11:19 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quote: the guy brings up a (possibly) interesting point: the difference between a redundancy and a tautology. what say you, Faldage, Defender of the Superfluous? Well, since there are at least three definitions of drone for which pilotlessness is a totally irrelevant concept, to specify that something is a pilotless drone eliminates any possibility of ambiguity. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Pilotless drone (NOT!) AnnaStrophic 02/05/2007 12:58 PM Re: Pilotless drone (NOT!) tsuwm 02/05/2007 1:14 PM Re: Pilotless drone (NOT!) Faldage 02/05/2007 11:19 PM Re: Pilotless drone (NOT!) Zed 02/07/2007 12:32 AM Re: Pilotless drone (NOT!) belMarduk 02/09/2007 7:20 PM Re: Pilotless drone (NOT!) Buffalo Shrdlu 02/09/2007 8:42 PM Re: Pilotless drone (NOT!) Aramis 02/09/2007 7:36 PM Re: Pilotless drone (NOT!) Faldage 02/09/2007 11:35 PM Re: Pilotless drone (NOT!) Faldage 05/06/2007 9:51 PM Re: Pilotless drone (NOT!) zmjezhd 05/06/2007 10:07 PM Re: Pilotless drone (NOT!) Jackie 02/05/2007 1:21 PM Re: Pilot, Les Drone (NOT!) Aramis 02/05/2007 7:28 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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