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romconlang@yahoogroups.com writes: >"Historical" refers to what happens in history: the fall of Napoleon is >historical, the fall of Atlantis is unhistorical. > >"Historic" means "important to history": the fall of Napoleon is historic, >the fall of Roberto Napoleon is not. (Who's he? That's the point: >a guy in my neighborhood who embezzled a lot of money and was eventually >caught and sent to jail.) "Historic" has no negative. It drieves me crazy when i hear people say things like: "Look at that Historical house!" "The signing of the California Constitution... wow, that was Historical!" The above just sound wrong to me.