gwern comments on RIP Doug Engelbart - Less Wrong

11 Post author: Dr_Manhattan 03 July 2013 07:19PM

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Comment author: gwern 06 July 2013 07:33:46PM *  1 point [-]

'Dead' has a less pleasing sound than 'gone', which fits better in the phrase rhythmically: 'gone' flows into 'but not forgotten', while 'dead' requires more of an abrupt full caesura to deal with the 'tuh' sound at the end.