----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jimmy Hess" <mysi...@gmail.com>
> RJ45 is really an example of what was originally a misconception > became so widespread, so universal, that reality has actually shifted > so the misconception became reality. When was the last time you ever > heard anyone say "8P8C connector?" > > Joe public caught on to "RJ45", so now that word means something > different in common usage than what it was specified to be. When > was the last time you heard someone say 8P8C connector in reference to > Ethernet? WADR: horseshit. I, in fact, just wrote a cabling RFQ yesterday for a new building, and *I* write "8P8C male modular connector". So, in short: if you *actually need to be saying it*, you actually need to be saying it correctly, because you're talking to people who know the difference. They won't say anything, mind you, and you'll get what you want; they'll just think you're a clueless dilettante. Cheers, -- jr 'yes, I'm a prescriptivist[1]' a [1] The *point* of language is communication; this is impossible if words "mean what people want them to mean, no more, no less". -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274
