Re: The "prison IS university" metaphor - a review

In article <j18ut3h26rpsaabv0vvuh50oa08se97n5r@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, tony cooper
<tony_cooper213@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:27:50 +0000 (GMT), David
> <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> >In article <ieott3hu38gkts9k58rtddqjcohrqamhg4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, tony cooper
> ><tony_cooper213@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> As far as I'm concerned, "Yank" derived from "Yankee".  That does
> >> not mean that "Yank" and "Yankee" are used the same way today.  Do
> >> you need examples of other words that do not have the same usage
> >> today as they once did?
> >
> >I think you forgot "in the US" at the end of your 2nd sentence.

> No, what I forgot is to add "I live in the US and write from a US
> perspective".  Oh, wait, part of that is in my sig.

//As far as I'm concerned, "Yank" derived from "Yankee".// does indeed
come from your perspective.

//That does not mean that "Yank" and "Yankee" are used the same way
today.// is surely more generalised? You did not say that it was your
usage, or that of those in your locale. My point was that claiming that
the meaning of "Yankee" always differs from that of "Yank" is not
sup****ted by fact as witnessed by the number of folk in this thread
trying their best to get through to you.

We all know that a significant number of the words we hold in common
have meanings that differ to a smaller or greater extent between
American and European English.

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