the @#$%^&*(*&^%$#@ contributor

[Richard Noble]

When all is said and done (a lot of doing and saying, or at least saying, 
it seems) I'm perfectly happy with "contributor", plain and simple, and, 
being of an abstract turn of mind and professionally obsessed with 
relators, have no problem with conceptualizing the relationship beyond the 
instance of some writer saying "Here--I want to contribute this".

Still, some perfectly intelligent folks have choked at that point; so I'd 
still say that if we can clarify the scope note for their sake, adding 
eight syllables ("or otherwise included in") before the term has even been 
published, for heaven's sake, let's do it.

I do like the idea of a relator term that begins "@#$%^&*(*&^%$#@"--can we 
keep that? - TTFN Richard


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