[PRCo] Re: New Math

[Fred Schneider]

Love this thread!

On Feb 11, 2007, at 2:23 PM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Yes, it is frequently misused.  The original meaning has been totally
> ignored.  We are an ignorant people when it's convenient, aren't we?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
> Joshua Dunfield
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 2:17 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: New Math
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> Ed Lybarger wrote:
>> Quote of the Week, as reported in the Post-Gazette:
>> from Al Biehler, PA Secretary of Transportation (and Port Authority
>> graduate), about the appropriateness of PAT's proposed service cuts:
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>> "But that shouldn't be anywhere near 25 percent, he said, because  
>> it would
>> nearly decimate the nation's 15th largest transit system."
>>
>> If you never before knew that 10 was greater than 25, maybe you  
>> want to
> call
>> Al and ask him to explain it.
>
> These days, "decimate" is often used to mean "nearly destroy",  
> rather than
> in the precise historical sense.  You might say the original usage  
> has been
> decimated.
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> -j.
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