From: Groepaz (groepaz_at_gmx.net)
Date: 2003-02-06 00:31:30
On Thursday 06 February 2003 00:15, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 12:01:53AM +0100, Maciej Witkowiak wrote:
> > This is offtopic, but what do you mean by 'unorthogonal'? I know what
> > 'orthogonal' means in maths, surprisingly my Longman and Collins
> > dictionaries don't note this word at all so I can only guess the
> > metaphor.
>
> Maybe "unorthogonal" is the wrong negation, would "non orthogonal" be
> better english?
can you use "orthogonal" (latin) in its original meaning ("(to) all
directions") in english at all? :=) curious :o)
however, "un..something" is most likely always worse than "non...something",
atleast when used with a non english word.
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