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? Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 08:15:44 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 16 Message-ID: <20260904081544.00000f3d@gmail.com> References: <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> <20260903113409.00004e2f@gmail.com> <32ck9ll87farid147usmvt4jnijaobh4jb@4ax.com> <1788496032-4353@newsgrouper.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:15:48 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="733604"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19PQhkt7QPQNuoeU+XzFv1v9xSYhHVBMAk="; posting-host="9b4b6e4bb78a6c136c6d83c6a7c654ef" Cancel-Lock: sha1:QLoTaHWRcAI1+NZ5sa9prk0/7iM= sha256:bjxvFB1c1j3ejCd7m/ylHCnJZb2nHEgeYOLKjvTWqBY= sha1:G3EVbU51Ws/bKyK1bNl/RCghLr8= sha256:EklGa+bAg5qRITMiIyIgrN9AAJUFGZi1fOquH6Jcujo= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:235530 alt.usage.english:1150041 On Fri, 4 Sep 2026 12:52:28 +0800 Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote: > [1] Is /exposition/ a common term, or another one now considered > /Chat- GPT vocabulary/? > > [2] Is /nomenclature/ also the same? These are two questions for alt. > usage.english. "Nomenclature" is considered technical, but still in active use. "Exposition" is pretty common, though it's mostly used in the sense of (dialogue the author is consciously using to establish information about the background of their story;) the sense of (a methodical presentation of a subject in all its aspects) is, AFAIK, mainly used in a theological context these days.