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Re: "Prepend" doesn't mean what you think it means
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- Subject: Re: "Prepend" doesn't mean what you think it means
- From: Scott Brim <swb at cisco dot com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 22:07:05 -0400
- References: <3B60C54C.D2AD881E@verinet.net>
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 07:35:08PM -0600, Clarke Echols wrote:
> There is a word, invented at AT&T decades ago, that now pervades the
> Unix world that is _WRONG_ and needs to be stamped out in the interest
> of preserving the "mother tongue"!
Yeah, well, "email" is a bluish green color. It also refers to
decoration on armor. ITU standards must use spellings from a very old
OED, like "routeing". Anthemeria abounds. For a few brief decades we
had approximate agreement on how to use English, but it's not going to
last -- despite the noble efforts of Microsoft Office.
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