[ProgSoc] Re: Discrimination

[Robert Howard <rhoward@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, jedd wrote:

>  ]  Prejudice has a J.  That is because it is derived from the same roots
>  ]  as "pre" and "judgement".  "Predudice" would be something like "What
>  ]  came before the dudes."
>
>  Pre isn't a root word, judicium is.  But this fades into insignificance
>  given the woeful misappropriation of the word with all kinds of
>  bizarre adjectives in the past dozen messages on this list.

I'm not disagreeing with you, just adding on a few tidbits of info:

Prejudice \Prej"u*dice\, n. [F. pr['e]judice, L. praejudicium; prae before
+ judicium judgment. See {Prejudicate}, {Judicial}.]

(Webster's (1913))

That might help confusion regarding this predudice nonsense... Maybe.

(This brings to mind 'irregardless'...)
(...No! The Pain! It wants... Brains...! With cherries on top!
*Collapses*)

>  Apart from anything else I thought Matt's sarcasm
>  was crystal clear .. I'd be offended if I wrote something like that
>  and someone took me seriously.

I agree completely. A cry of 'WTF?' came to my lips when I saw some of the
responses it garnered.

Ja,
Rob H


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