Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Fri Oct 11 16:07:10 CEST 2013

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2013/10/11 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk>:
> On 11/10/2013 11:33, Eric V. Smith wrote:
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>> And Antoine has again taught me a new word:
>> polysemic: having more than one meaning; having multiple meanings
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> IMHO a poor word to use.  I'm a middle aged Brit who's never heard of it so
> people who have English as a second language have little or no chance :(

OTOH, it's etymology is quite clear, so those with a little in
experience in Greek should have no trouble.


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Regards,
Benjamin

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