RE: Vance

Nice piece of research, Dr.Habing.

Unfortunately the OED is not considered authoritative on web issues, for
that we have to look to Encarta, and Bill hasn't thought of the term yet...

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Danny Ayers
http://www.isacat.net

<- -----Original Message-----
<- From: www-rdf-interest-request@w3.org
<- [mailto:www-rdf-interest-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Thomas G. Habing
<- Sent: 13 April 2001 23:34
<- To: Danny Ayers
<- Cc: Meltsner, Kenneth; Seth Russell; www-rdf-interest@w3.org; Ken
<- MacLeod
<- Subject: Re: Vance
<-
<-
<- No one would dare refute the OED :-)
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<- Oxford English Dictionary - vaunce
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<- Copyright Oxford University Press
<-
<- vaunce, v. Obs. Also 4-6 vaunse, 6 vance.
<-
<- Etymology: Aphetic f. of advance v.
<-
<- To advance, in various senses. (Common in the 16th cent.)
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<-
<- Danny Ayers wrote:
<- >
<- > The controversy has begun!!!
<- >
<- > BTW, Seth, as the originator of this term any definitions you
<- come up with
<- > will automatically be considered ill-conceived and inappropriate to the
<- > users of the term - any historical fact you refer to regarding
<- the term will
<- > also be considered a refutable matter of opinion. See - you're
<- on V. 1.1
<- > already...
<- >
<- > ---
<- > Danny Ayers
<- > http://www.isacat.net
<- >
<-
<-
<- --
<- Thomas G. Habing
<- Research Programmer, Digital Library Initiative
<- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
<- 052 Grainger Engineering Library, MC-274
<- thabing@uiuc.edu, (217) 244-7809
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Received on Friday, 13 April 2001 14:14:06 UTC