Subject: Re: disestablish?
To: Ted Lemon <mellon@hoffman.vix.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/17/1998 14:36:19
On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Ted Lemon wrote:
> Gordon, you're obviously not one of those people who, as a kid, was
> occasionally called upon in school to spell antidisestablishmentarian.
> Yes, it's a real word.
They _made_ you spell it? We just knew what it was, and how to spell it,
solely for the coolness of knowing the longest word in the dictionary.
Also, we "extended" it, comming up with antidisestablishmentarianism or
antidisestablishmentarianismisticly. The joys of elementary school and
suffixes. :-)
Though I agree that disestablish is a bit unwieldy. I'd vote for
attach/detach.
Jason, we all must like the idea if the _only_ thing we're talking about
is "disestablish". :-)
Take care,
Bill