Wordie: Charitable: Comments

Comment by mollusque, 6 months ago

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:05:49 +0000

Actually, the definition's more restricted than that. A "charitable word" remains a word if any one of its letters is deleted (seat: sea, sat, set, eat).
(See David Grambs, 1985, Literary Companion Dictionary: Words about Words, p. 84.)

Comment by oroboros, 6 months ago

Thu, 22 May 2008 17:33:03 +0000

In wordplay, to delete any letter to form other words: e.g., coops--> oops & cops & cops & coos & coop.

--Chris Cole, Wordplay

Comment by Grammar, about 1 year ago

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:27:17 +0000

When engaged in an argument or debate, it is important to remember to be charitable towards the other side.

Donald Davidson said, "We make maximum sense of the words and thoughts of others when we interpret in a way that optimises agreement."