On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:59:28 -0500
Theodore Ts'o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As a _noun_??? (Ugh.) Anything online to link to?
>
> Well, if you want to go on a grammar/spelling jihad, there's also the
> more(1) man page...
Sure... but no link! Now I'm reconciled to this neologism, I
checked a paper edition of MWC 11th today, it's a noun, 1966 they
say, though no usage. What sold me was the entry on "-ful" in the new
Fowler's which also lists nouns 'spoonful', 'teaspoonful', 'handful',
etc. So I was stupid, and you are correct Sir!
BTW, calling English a "living language" (very true) doesn't mean
anything goes, or why spellcheck? (And isn't French a living
language too?) But messages like mine, wrong or right, are among a
language's vital signs; that its speakers are involved enough to
attempt maintaining or improving it.
Here's a 'screenful' wishlist bug:
Bug#348825: iamerican: "screenful"
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=348825
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