Monday, October 13, 2008

Definite lines?

Webster dictionary defines autobiography:

au·to·bi·og·ra·phy
Pronunciation: \o-tə-bī-ˈä-grə-fē, -bē-\
Function: noun
Date: 1771
: the biography of a person narrated by himself or herself

Which brings up:

bi·og·ra·phy
Pronunciation: \bī-ˈä-grə-fē also bē-\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s):plural bi·og·ra·phies
Etymology: Late Greek biographia, from Greek bi- + -graphia -graphy
Date: 1683
1 : a usually written history of a person's life
2 : biographical writings as a whole
3 : an account of the life of something (as an animal, a coin, or a building)

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