let us not succumb to diremption over this thread... > On Aug 23, 2016, at 14:35, avri doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > On 23-Aug-16 00:32, Norbert Klein wrote: >> "*dirempt*"? - I am still "not among the English mother tongue" guys. > > https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt > > > dirempt > > * Define <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#define> > * Relate <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#relate> > * List <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#lists> > * Discuss <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#discuss> > * See <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#see> > * Hear <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#hear> > * Love <https://www.wordnik.com/words/dirempt#> > > > Definitions > > > from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License > > * adj. Distinct; separate; secrete; divided. > * v. To separate; to divide; to break off. > > > from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary > of English > > * adj. Divided; separated. > * transitive v. To separate by force; to tear apart. > > > from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia > > * To separate by violence; put asunder; break off. > * Parted; separated. > > > Etymologies > > From the Latin /diremptus/ ("separated”, “divided"), the past participle > of /dirimō/ ("I separate”, “I divide"), formed > as /dir-/ (/prevocalic/ variant of /dis-/ ("apart”, “asunder")) > + /emō/ ("I take"); compare /dirempt²/. (Wiktionary) > From the Latin dirempt-, the past participial stem of dirimō. /Prima > facie/, the derivation of the verb appears identical with that of the > adjective; however, whilst closely related, each carries a subtly > different /semantic/ force — the verb takes merely the form of the Latin > participle, whereas the adjective takes its meaning as well. (Wiktionary) > >> Norbert >> >> >> On 8/23/2016 2:44 AM, avri doria wrote: >> Please forgive the typo. >> I mean NCSG >> >> I do agree, if we were to *dirempt*, we may find we have a larger non >> voting SG than we do a voting SG. >> >> avri >> >> On 22-Aug-16 15:25, Ron Wickersham wrote: >>> On Mon, 22 Aug 2016, avri doria wrote: >>> >>> ---snip--- >>> >>>> they were things that the EC was supposed to have written procedures for >>>> that were reviewed by the NVSG members. >>> NVSG means "Non Voting Stakeholders group" ;) >>> >>> The non-voting stakeholders have never been properly represented. Should >>> there be a working group formed to ensure that this oversight does not >>> continue? >>> >>> -ron >>> > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus ************************************************************* William J. Drake International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland [log in to unmask] (direct), [log in to unmask] (lists), www.williamdrake.org *************************************************************