-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Fuhrmann <bfuhrman@isd.net>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:00 PM
Subject: RE: Real TV autocross accident clip
>> uninformed (people have been telling me that "ignorant" sounds too
>> pejorative) victim is RUN PERPENDICULAR TO THE CAR. This is the
>
>They must be ignorant of the word's meaning 8-).
>
>Ignorant is not synonymous with stupid. Everyone is ignorant on a subject
>until they learn about it. Ignorance can be cured, stupidity is forever.
True. So I like to use the word in it's true meaning. But words have both
a connotation and a denotation.
Denotation:
Ignorant = uninformed.
But "ignorant" has a pejorative connotation and "uninformed" has a more
neutral connotation.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Chev Suburban
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
"If I can do it, it's not art" - Red Green
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