Doesn't actually seem too bad an article. I am interested to note that none of the US news articles I've read so far point out that all of these allegations have been refuted in British courts, and that Galloway's come out on top each time.
I quite frequently hear politicians say something like, "I utterly refute that allegation", and I feel like shouting at the radio, "No, you've rejected it: now go ahead and refute it, you ninny!"
Obviously, I don't know the meaning of the word, 'reject', however :-) Here's what the OED has to say:
ad. L. refuture to repel, repress, rebut
1. trans. To refuse, reject (a thing or person). Obs. rare. 2. To prove (a person) to be in error, to confute. 3. To disprove, overthrow by argument, prove to be false 4. absol. To demonstrate error. 5. trans. Sometimes used erroneously to mean ‘deny, repudiate’.
Sorry, I disagree :) It's how language evolves. Silly used to mean innocent, and now it means something distantly related but not the same by any stretch. The definition changed because people started using it differently. It doesn't stop me cringing when someone misuses a word, but I recognise that when large numbers of people do it over time, it shifts the definition.
Although I did get to interview Stan Lee in the mid-90s, I'd've loved to also meet Jack Kirby. It's difficult to come up with any artist with as great an influence upon comics (maybe Eisner, and both Herriman and Kurtzman were major figures, but..).
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Date: 2005-05-18 12:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-18 12:48 pm (UTC)... and, yeah.
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Date: 2005-05-18 12:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-18 12:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-18 12:58 pm (UTC)ad. L. refuture to repel, repress, rebut
1. trans. To refuse, reject (a thing or person). Obs. rare.
2. To prove (a person) to be in error, to confute.
3. To disprove, overthrow by argument, prove to be false
4. absol. To demonstrate error.
5. trans. Sometimes used erroneously to mean ‘deny, repudiate’.
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Date: 2005-05-18 01:49 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-05-18 03:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-18 03:18 pm (UTC)I disapprove of destroying a one useful word by mistaking it for another useful word.
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Date: 2005-05-18 08:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-18 03:16 pm (UTC)To Hell in a handbasket, I tell you.
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Date: 2005-05-18 03:17 pm (UTC)love the userpic
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Date: 2005-05-18 03:50 pm (UTC)Although I did get to interview Stan Lee in the mid-90s, I'd've loved to also meet Jack Kirby. It's difficult to come up with any artist with as great an influence upon comics (maybe Eisner, and both Herriman and Kurtzman were major figures, but..).