The word deception applies to the phrase ‘member of the public‘. Public means government as is public schools or public property. Consequently, ‘the public’ refers to gov’t employees. Therefore, we are not members of ‘the public’. We are members of ‘the private’. They apply this deception because their codes only apply to the public, meaning […]
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The film is called ‘The Accused’ not ‘The Defendants’
The ‘accused’ is the man or woman charged with a crime. It’s not the defendant. Something I read recently made me realize this distinction. I don’t know etymology of the word ‘defendant’ or why it’s something to be avoided, but I do know the ‘accused’ seems like the more appropriate label. And the old movie […]
Banks on a river, not for money
Nautical or maritime words are everywhere. Even the word ‘bank’ literally means a river bank. Ships pull up to the bank. They assume I’m a master/mister of a vessel and banked at the river. I expect I need to find a ‘savings and loan’ or a ‘safe deposit’ company, though even the word deposit/depose is […]
Revenue with a hyphen to be ‘re-venue’ and similar to ‘re-move’
The word ‘revenue’ may have originally had a hyphen, as in ‘re-venue’. The word venue may always mean the place for a trial. Adding ‘re’ in front of a word means to do it again, as in ‘redo’. Therefore ‘re-venue’ means to change the venue. Then Internal Revenue Service may provide the service of changing […]