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From: Douglas Beahm <>
Subject: Re: Charlemagne to Agnes Harris
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 11:43:59 GMT
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Pierre Aronax wrote:

>
> EB is not a source. I said you it was wrong when sayint Rouen was the
> "capital of Northern France", you then answered me, rather discourtesly,
> that I have to produce a source to contradict your own alleged "source":
> what can I do then if not pointing that I can not prove a negative by a
> source and that your "source" was not one? I didn't insult you: I point to
> your attention that you don't know what a source is: that is not an insult
> but an observation.
>
> Pierre

Pardon my intrusion on this thread, however, the definition of SOURCE in all of
my dictionaries would definitely include Encyclopaedia Brittanica. For example:

Webster's Dictionary
SOURCE - a person, book, document, etc. that provides information

While EB is certainly not the "definitive" source on the matter under
discussion, it is definitely "a" source on this topic.

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