Paul Wolff wrote: [starts with p; puts me right off] No-one has it right. To prevaricate is to avoid a frank answer without actually lying. It is to be evasive in reply, to fail to commit to a point of view. This might lead to confusion with procrastinate, which means to hold back from the task in hand altogether. If someone prevaricates about their intentions to get on with
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:37:46 +0100, "Alan Jones" <atj@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: "the Omrud" <usenet.omrud@gEXPUNGEmail.com> wrote in message news:71P9k.17856$E41.10516@text.news.virginmedia.com... [long argument with Tony Cooper] I don't understand "prevaricate" in BrE to mean either "to lie" (as TC assures us it means in AmE) or "to fail to get to the actual action which one
tony cooper wrote: On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:18:16 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gEXPUNGEmail.com> wrote: tony cooper wrote: On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:03:44 +1000, "John Holmes" <seesig@instead.com> wrote: Wood Avens wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:14:19 -0400, tony cooper <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:32:47 -0700 (PDT)
tony cooper wrote: On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:03:44 +1000, "John Holmes" <seesig@instead.com> wrote: Wood Avens wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:14:19 -0400, tony cooper <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:32:47 -0700 (PDT), "jerry_friedman@yahoo.com" <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> wrote: On Jun 28, 7:54 am, the Omrud <usenet.om...@gEXPUNGEmail
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:03:44 +1000, "John Holmes" <seesig@instead.com> wrote: Wood Avens wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:14:19 -0400, tony cooper <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:32:47 -0700 (PDT), "jerry_friedman@yahoo.com" <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> wrote: On Jun 28, 7:54 am, the Omrud <usenet.om...@gEXPUNGEmail.com> wrote: Pussyfooting
