Re: [Mid] "Earning" definition

In a message dated 98-01-12 18:57:22 EST, you write:

<< ya azzunish! Permit me to disagree. "Earning" implies payment for
 services rendered, and if that is so, then what is the price of peerage?
 
 salaam, durr >>

That it certainly one definition of the word "earn", but it's not the one I
understood it to be about. The word is also used to denote recognition for
accomplishment, such as a Boy Scout "earning" the Eagle rank, or a news
article "earning" a Pulitzer Prize. Our system of rank and award is designed
to recognize achievement, whether in craft or courtly graces, and in that
sense a peerage is indeed something one earns.

Padraig
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Received on Mon Jan 12 21:16:25 1998