On Sun, 19 Dec 2021 22:12:02 +0000, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: >On Sun, 19 Dec 2021, at 20:18, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> On Sun, 19 Dec 2021 20:05:01 +0000, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: >>> >> No. See: <https://www.etymonline.com/word/reply> > >I don't see any justification there for the use of the noun "ply" to >mean something in a prior part of a discussion. Nor at > Not necessarily "prior", possibly subsequent.
>https://www.etymonline.com/word/ply > ... >I'm not quibbling that use of "ply", (a layer of cloth, wood, a thread in >eg wool or twine)... I again don't see any justification for your use, >which - even if it's reasonable in an archaic fashion - is very odd in >modern use, especially on an IT mail-list. > Or: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ply_(game_theory)> -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
