<div dir="ltr">We have a LOT of words we dont need, many originating in the ebonics dialect and apparently resistance to adopt ebonic words into the mainstream has become a racist act.<div>Its this excessive political correctness that brought the Cretin in Chief to power.</div><div><br></div><div>And very soon, I am going to be forced to appologize for calling him a cretin.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 2:31 AM Nick Moffitt <<a href="mailto:nick@zork.net">nick@zork.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 25Mar2020 04:26pm (+0000), <a href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" target="_blank">paulz@ieee.org</a> wrote:<br>
> While we are correcting math misconceptions, the word "decimate" has been widely used in recent years and the original meaning greatly distorted. Decimate has the same root word as "decimal". <br>
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> Decimation was a draconian punishment of a unit in the Roman army. 1 out of 10 solders in the unit was executed. Details at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)</a><br>
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I forget who originally said it, but it was certainly someone very wise:<br>
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"Does the English language really *need* a word meaning 'destroy one-tenth of'?"<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><br>R "Texx" Woodworth<br>Sysadmin, E-Postmaster, IT Molewhacker<br>"Face down, 9 edge 1st, roadkill on the information superdata highway..."<br></div>