On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 08:30:45PM -0400, staticsafe wrote: > On 4/16/2013 19:33, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:21:02PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > >> I believe very strongly that it is. universality with Linux supporting > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Is that a word, or an Americanism? > > > u·ni·ver·sal·i·ty [0] > [yoo-nuh-ver-sal-i-tee] > noun, plural u·ni·ver·sal·i·ties. > 1. the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence > everywhere. > 2. relation, extension, or applicability to all. > 3. universal character or range of knowledge, interests, etc.
Apologies to Kevin, but it seemed strange used in that way, e.g: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/universality I guess my schooling was a bit one sided. :) For example, I probably would have been admonished for using "unorganised" instead of "disorganised" and yet: http://www.amirite.com/274993-its-so-annoying-when-people-say-unorganised-its-disorganised-people-amirite also, the discussion of colour vs color is interesting. I would definitely have been admonished for using color! Perhaps it was an attitude/(resistance?) at the time, of the American influence on the English language. Although, I accept there is no real excuse for my rudeness. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130417132126.GA31955@tal
