Re: Metamerism
Re: Metamerism
- Subject: Re: Metamerism
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:26:17 EDT
In a message dated 10/26/01 10:14:58 AM, email@hidden writes:
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C. David may be correct, but I fear if we allow this to happen, we risk
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diluting the original and correct meaning of the term. Maybe this is
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advancement, but in my opinion, it is not. Apparently I am one of the
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"Technically Minded" folks he refers to.
The universal objection to changes in language. Personally, ten thousand
people who know a new meaning for metamerism is preferable to a few hundred
knowing the old one. The other factor here is that standing against new word
uses tends to prove futile...
C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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