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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (8286)	9/6/2001 10:30:17 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 74559

Amazing assertions! Are you also an engineer? Nobody who loves language would assert that the words that another person uses are meaningless. Have you never opened up a specialized dictionary, riffled through the pages, half drunk with the pleasure of learning strange new words that offer enticing vistas into other modes of thought? Here, let me entice you a bit out of your box: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Martindale's Reference Desk guide to specialized dictionaries (be sure to check out the entire site - Martindale's is one of the treasures of the modern world): www-sci.lib.uci.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Go about 4/5 of the way to the bottom of the page, to the box captioned "Dictionaries & Encyclopedias/Encyclopædias" - there's more there: www-sci.lib.uci.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This one is an on-line compendium of specialized dictionaries in the following fields: harcourt.com Abbreviations Acoustical Engineering Acoustics Agriculture Agronomy Analytical Chemistry Anatomy Anthropology Archaeology Architecture Artificial Intelligence Astronomy Astrophysics Atomic Physics Aviation Bacteriology Behavior Biochemistry Biographies Biology Biotechnology Botany Building Engineering Cardiology Cartography Cell Biology Chaotic Dynamics Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Computer Programming Computer Science Computer Technology Control Systems Crystallography Design Engineering Developmental Biology Ecology Electrical Engineering Electricity Electromagnetism Electronics Endocrinology Engineering Engineering & Technology Entomology Enzymology Evolution Fluid Mechanics Food Technology Forestry General Genetics Geochemistry Geodesy Geography Geology Geophysics Graphic Arts Hematology Histology Horology Hydrology Immunology Industrial Engineering Inorganic Chemistry Invertebrate Zoology Life Sciences Linguistics Materials Materials Science Mathematics Mathematics & Computers Mechanical Devices Mechanical Engineering Mechanics Medicine Metallurgy Meteorology Metrology Microbiology Military Science Mineralogy Mining Engineering Molecular Biology Mycology Naval Architecture Navigation Neurology Nuclear Physics Nucleonics Nutrition Oceanography Oncology Optics Ordnance Organic Chemistry Paleontology Particle Physics Pathology Petroleum Engineering Petrology Pharmacology Photogrammetry Physical Chemistry Physical Sciences Physics Physiology Plant Pathology Psychology Quantum Mechanics Radiology Robotics Science Social Sciences Solid-State Physics Space Technology Spectroscopy Statistics Surgery Systematics Telecommunications Textiles Thermodynamics Toxicology Transportation Engineering Vertebrate Zoology Veterinary Medicine Virology Volcanology Zoology harcourt.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hope you have fun, and maybe get over this idea that specialized language is jargon - of course jargon is the right word, if you take out the disapproving element: >>jargon noun [U] DISAPPROVING special words and phrases which are used by particular groups of people, esp. in their work<< dictionary.cambridge.org*1+0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Of course academics speak a specialized language - they are speaking to each other, so they don't have to translate. My own experiences in trying to understand a specialized area of history make me long to speak with others who are interested in the same thing and share ideas. The point is not to keep translating, the point is to speak on similar levels, and share insights directly. It's exhilarating. Someday soon I am going to start on an oral history of day-traders - if you want to be in it, send me a PM - I would bet almost anything that many of the words and concepts you use will require explanation.