On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 10:01:59 GMT, "M&M" >
wrote:

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>On 6-Mar-2004, "Condor Chef" > wrote:
>
>> Yeah, but what happend to the other 90%? They go into hiding?
>>
>> (Hint - look up the word "decimate")
>>
>>
>> CC
>
>We have been victimized yet again by common usage of the language.
>I seem to believe that 'decimate' has been used in reference to the
>depletion of populatin as a result of plague where only ten percent
>survive. I stand corrected. And you sir have inflicted your superior
>intellect on the rest of us ignorant individuals without benefit of the
>full explanation.

Newer dictionaries don't restrict 'decimate' to the 10% defination any
more.
For example,
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=decimate
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-b...imate&x=9&y=15

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Bill Funk
replace "g" with "a"