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To: Suma who wrote (66944)	5/20/2008 9:18:41 AM
From: DanD	Read Replies (1) of 543648

I've heard it, I just can't say it. It's a mouthful. Lewis Caroll had fun with it. ruthannzaroff.com Just poetic license? Dictionary.com doesn't give a correct comparative or superlative form. A few years ago I challenged and Indian - the country -- colleague when he used the word "updation" as he would "insertion". I said it wasn't a word. And he told me that it is commonly used in Indian computer science parlance. Turns out he is right. My linguistic major ex girlfriend would cite this as an example of how language is fluid and changeable. That usage determines correctness over time and not rules. Updation for all sticklers: we're so screwed. Dan D.

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