Date:  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:20:50 EST

From:  Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV maintainer

     <owner-LISTSERV[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>

Subject: Re: discussant



If I recall correctly, the first use of "commentator" dates

to the late sixteenth century, and it was then used for people

commenting on paper--what we might call op ed writers or

syndicated columnists.



Vicki Rosenzweig

vr%acmcr.uucp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]murphy.com | rosenzweig[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]acm.org

New York, NY