Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 11:02:27 -0800

From: SETH SKLAREY crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IX.NETCOM.COM

Subject: Re: discussant



Sali wrote:

In the BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES the discussions are identified as

"commentaries", I think. So I would expect the authors of such discussion

essays to be "commentators", although this term seems to have been used

only for audio and visual modes of communication.



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AAAARRRGHHH..........! (I just was reminded of a pet peeve. I am not commenting

on Sali's usage).



Why aren't people who make comments "commenters? Commentators are O.K, in my

book as long as they comment, but they go over the line when they commentate.



Likewise, students who go through orientation, in my humble opinion become

oriented, not orientated.



Seth Sklarey

Wittgenstein School of the Unwritten Word

Coconut Grove, FL

crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ix.netcom.com