wrote on Mar 7^th, 2004 at 5:56am:

Wrong again (S)marty.  I simply said that vocabulary was more appropriate in the context in which he used the word diction.  And it is.  And I didn't have to look it up to know that.

Here is what was said several posts ago and how you objected and implicitly you looked up the MW definition and pretended it was a part of the prior definition. Notice the verbal usage of "diction" is last.  Review your own words:


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on Today at 00:51:25, Anonymous wrote:Actually, from Merriam-Webster:   diction:  choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness Who's the stupid SOB now?  It is amazing you still bother to post here.

You responded after clearly looking up the definition:


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Had you finished the statement out of that dictionary you would have seen that it is defined as" VOCAL expression: ENUNCIATION & PRONUNCIATION.  And you are right I should not have called you a stupid SOB, ignorant bastard would have been more correct.

-Marty