On 28/12/2011 19:18, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:50:00 -0000, David WE Roberts wrote:

Even the "common sense" of where to shift it to will illude some.

"Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
illude /?'l(j)u?d/?
?verb literary trick; delude.
- origin ME: from L. illudere 'to mock'."

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/illude

illude
1.to deceive or trick.

2.Obsolete.
a. to mock or ridicule.
b. to evade.

elude is the more correct word.


You guys are wasting your time.

Did anyone ever find our whether Roger Chapman meant elusive or
illusive? (29/11, climate model debate)

Andy