Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Probably You Already Knew This, But ...

... note to self: immanent is not a misspelling of imminent. They are two different words. Immanent means "naturally part of something" or "spread throughout something." Imminent means "about to happen."

In my own defense, I did know the second one before just now. And no, I didn't just make fun of someone on the Internet for not knowing how to spell. Wasn't even close.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

And here I was, just about to immanentize my eschaton. Ah well, back to the secular drawing board.

bjkeefe said...

I refuse to believe that phrase didn't originate with either Atrios or The Simpsons.

THERE IS A BUG IN WIKIPEDIA.

Anonymous said...

I cannot point to the origin, but I first read of it decades ago from the pen of William F. Buckley, Jr., may the goddess grant peace to his corrupt soul.

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