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Subject:RE: Prolegomenon vs. Preface From:"Oja, W. Kelly" <w -dot- kelly -dot- oja -at- verizon -dot- com> To:"Jenny Igoe" <jenny -at- fgm -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 8 Sep 2003 12:55:34 -0500
According to Roget's:
Prologue: NOUN: A short section of preliminary remarks: foreword,
induction, introduction, lead-in, overture, preamble, preface, prelude,
prolegomenon.
Prolegomenon: NOUN: A short section of preliminary remarks: foreword,
induction, introduction, lead-in, overture, preamble, preface, prelude,
prologue.
The only things I saw were on dictionary.com, the prolegomenon used the
word "specifically" and the root words were "logos" (speech) for
prologue and "legein" (to speak). Prolegomenon was also paired with
literary works scholarly in nature.
Off the record, on my most humble opinion, one is pretentious, and one
is not.
W. Kelly Oja
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