Thread: What words do you look up in the dictionary?
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Old 01-04-2013, 02:56 AM   #109
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
That doesn't mean that even cosmologists object to using the words "hot" and "cold" in their everyday usages.
Is it a question of 'objecting' to the use of words, or a question of using words that clarify meaning rather than obscuring it, even if accidentally? I always thought the purpose of 'communication' was to communicate, rather than obfuscate.


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