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From: Chris Croughton <chris@keristor.net>
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Subject: Re: Word needed
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:06:43 +0100
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:41:44 GMT, Miss Elaine Eos
<Misc@*your-shoes*PlayNaked.com> wrote:
> In article <slrne484u3.d6o.chris@ccserver.keris.net>,
> Chris Croughton <chris@keristor.net> wrote:
>
>> >> Looking at www.dictionary.com:
>> >
>> > FYI, check out:
>> >
>> > <http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pedophile>
>>
>> Which only does dictionaries of American, not English <g>.
>
> Hey, it was YOUR recommended source -- I was only pointing out what it
> has to say about adults with an unnatural attraction to feet -- I mean
> children. :)
No, my recommended source is the OED, I was merely pointing out that at
least one American dictionary also had the same definition of the suffix
'-phile'. One of the definitions they actually get right <g>...
Chris C
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