On Friday 23 August 2013 22:56:22 Doug wrote: > On 08/23/2013 04:24 PM, Luther Blissett wrote: > /snip/ > > > So I did a long search around, since I had absolutely no idea where I > > was getting into. Back then I used to think that what was getting in the > > way of free software were usability and shinny. > > /snip/ > > > Funny I never *really* tried other distros, debian became addiction. > > Something I can never get the time because I'm also felling shorthanded > > before my debian peers and willing to give something back from all the > > help I found in this community. Oh, and the shell... what a shinny > > little thing, full of secrets. > > I'm confused. I only know "shinny" as a verb: to shinny up a pole, or a > tree, etc. To climb, as a kid would. Here he uses it as a noun and an > adjective, and I have no idea what he meant.
Ever heard of spelling mistakes? Ever thought of using a dictionary? Assume "shiny". That still made no sense to me, so I looked in Wiktionary. It gives a colloquial meaning for shiny of <quote> excellent, remarkable </quote>. Bingo. Now that wasn't difficult was it. _And_ I learnt something. You may be superhuman and never, ever make mistakes. Most of us are human and do make mistakes. Sorry everyone, I am feeding the troll. But many varieties of English and spelling are used on this list. Luther's was fine. Lisi -- 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/201308240853.54326.lisi.re...@gmail.com
