(Ron) Matt Relaxes His Standards

Dick Jones dr_dick_jones@yahoo.com
Wed, 6 May 1998 21:16:58 -0700 (PDT) (00894536218, 19980507041658.6539.rocketmail@send1e.yahoomail.com)




Farrell Till <jftill@midwest.net> wrote:


> If a group of translators working
> on a French text should decide that the word "demoiselle" meant
"virgin,"
> that wouldn't make them right, even if they numbered 10,000.
"Demoiselle"
> simply means "young lady" and carries no implication about the young
lady's
> sexual experience.
FALLACY OF FALSE ANALOGY, proving this person is not a logical and rational thinker. The equivalent word in English, a subject Tilly, knows nothing about, is maiden, which means both young woman and virgin. == Dick Jones, JD, MD Physician-Attorney (retired) Founder, Philosophy of Universalism http://www.iland.net/~box191/phil2.htm _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com