@parados,
parados wrote:
David....
Perhaps you should check the dictionary more often.
It would allow you to see that words have multiple definitions
and a correct spelling.
Most earnestly do I wish
that thay 'd begin correct spelling. Thay
will, eventually,
but we have yet to see that day. Modern fone
texting is helping,
promoting popular use of good logic in spelling.
Quote:
lie
1 [lahy] Show IPA noun, verb, lied, ly·ing.
noun
1.
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
2.
something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture: His flashy car was a lie that deceived no one.
3.
an inaccurate or false statement.
4.
the charge or accusation of lying: He flung the lie back at his accusers.
parados wrote:
Your statement was clearly a lie under definition number 3.
Your intent is not required to make it a lie.
I do not accept
the lexicografer's work product qua his 3rd definition;
not without
etymological proof yet, anyway.
By
THAT definition, the nation's
entire population is composed of
1OO% liars,
except only those mutes who have never spoken, nor written since birth,
because invariably
perfect accuracy in all expressions exceeds human ability.
If a student miscalculated on his arithmetic test in school,
shud he be deemed a liar ??
The 3rd definition is an example of lexical
malpractice.
If the 3rd definition were accepted,
then the commonly known & used definition of a liar being
a perpetrator
of intentional deception 'd be subsumed into the
UNIVERSALITY of liars.
By that definition, lying 'd be as commonly pervasive as eating and breathing.
Additionally, in regard to accuracy, there 'd remain an open question
of the necessary degree of precision to qualify.
Whatever degree became the consensus,
a question 'd remain qua sharper and keener precision.
Tell us, Mr. Parados:
according to the third definition, are
YOU a non-liar ????????
David
