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John Levine wrote:

> According to Michael S  <already5chosen@yahoo.com>:
>>U.S.-centric vs U.S. eccentric.
>>http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html
>>
>>Actually I am pretty sure that "eccentric" is not a fair
>>characterisation of his personality, but can't resist.

> He was my thesis advisor and he was pretty eccentric. In a nice way,
> but still quite a character.


Back in my day, eccentric was used in the British fashion to point out
a person with certain qualities that make him instantly memorable, but 
not in any bad way. The Characters on Monty Python were eccentric !!

Now it means a person with creepy qualities.

My how the language has migrated.