Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,alt.english.usage,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 11:34:09 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 14 Message-ID: <20260903113409.00004e2f@gmail.com> References: <116tfcp$2slca$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <116tl7a$2u528$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <20260831093459.00005fa5@gmail.com> <1179dl1$2srgb$2@toylet.eternal-september.org> <20260902082955.00001d79@gmail.com> <1179tra$33d2o$1@dont-email.me> <117a5vn$35q9q$8@dont-email.me> <1788410695-4353@newsgrouper.org> <117aunl$3d9f4$1@dont-email.me> <1788413379-4353@newsgrouper.org> <2_bmS.2124$yo3.1274@fx03.ams4> <20260903080204.00005b2a@gmail.com> <9qdj9ld4nb32u1ab3cpk6mqihpaljca5cq@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:34:14 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="4063683"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/p0/xsfsl/RP25r/gBysWoL5TRXV+Szq8="; posting-host="0d351b3f4c11c91650d0b3c2fd903ad8" Cancel-Lock: sha1:JUVT3qY6wPEXckEPPFxgCbPNq60= sha256:GXzZlaZ2ehqvYSdwUph0yw7J7dbhbO/KdbBq4SCMAl0= sha1:uC4t6cBBt2zmUkN9N0HPClkM4eY= sha256:6nUn3qxHhbmgl7v9JEdAfG1Kt1W05AleKs/drCfxTbg= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:235519 alt.usage.english:1149955 On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:08:52 -0400 Tony Cooper wrote: > > "Ilk" isn't common day-to-day vocabulary, but it is something you'd > > say if trying to put on a "literary affect." It's definitely not > > just some- thing the chatbots dredge up. > > I disagree. It's fairly common in political discussions to refer to > some politician "of that ilk". In this county (USA), political > discussions are very common. Oh, it's for sure not archaic - it's just not daily man-on-the-street vernacular, is all.