- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:54:34 -0700
- To: Philippe Wittenbergh <ph.wittenbergh@l-c-n.com>
- Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>, Alan Stearns <stearns@adobe.com>, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Philippe Wittenbergh <ph.wittenbergh@l-c-n.com> wrote: >> On Jul 24, 2015, at 07:37, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Embiggening is clear even to people >>> who haven't heard the word before (unlike cromulent). >> >> I don't know if that is true for all, including all non-native English speakers. > > What he said… > As a non-native English reader, I had to look it up (Dictionary.app: “no result found”). And I have only a very superficial knowledge about ‘the Simpsons’ (some kind of cult TV series?). > > I guess (**guess**) it means something akin to “make larger”? Correct, proving that people who haven't seen The Simpsons can still understand the word. ~TJ
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