On Thursday 11 December 2014 07:22:07 Bret Busby wrote: > Hence, is the term, in the context that it has been otherwise used in > this thread, to refer instead, to multi-user computers, not a > malapropism?
The original term may or may not have been a malapropism. Let us not get into that. But it is none-the-less a valid term with an accepted meaning. You presumably don't want me to call you an idiot? Why not? Because the accpeted meaning in modern English is not very polite. It isn't what the word means in its orifins. But it is the accepted meaning. But this is becoming off-topic and semantic. If it is to continue we had better go off-list. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201412110807.02948.lisi.re...@gmail.com
