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On 10/12/17 22:54, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
>> ... For someone who touts himself as a "languages geek
>> extraordinaire," I am shocked that you'd claim this.
>
> What, that I'm a linguistic descriptivist? Dude...
So how do you apply your superior l
On 12/10/17 17:58, MFPA wrote:
>> Would it be
>> correct to refer to
>> a car as an “engine”, because it includes an engine?
>
> It is usual in and around London to call a car a "motor".
Alright.
> Calling it an "engine" seems no more or no less correct.
But one can not conclude that it is corr
> So how do you apply your superior language skills to improving gnupg
> nomenclature and documentation ?
By writing and maintaining the FAQ. With the exception of some light
edits by Werner and about three sentences from A.M. Kuchling, the entire
thing is my work.
> Any chance you could put tho
On 12/10/17 17:50, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
>> The observation that one, some, many, or all people use a linguistic
>> construct in an incorrect way do not change the fact that it is
>> incorrect.
>
> It quite definitely does. Unlike, say, French or Icelandic, where
> there's an actual institution
El día viernes, octubre 13, 2017 a las 09:05:52a. m. -0500, Mario Castelán
Castro escribió:
> Your argument is unsound, because the inference is unjustified. The
> possibilities that a language is regulated by an official body or
> defined by majority usage are not exhaustive.
>
> ...
Could you
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On 17-10-13 11:05 AM, Mario Castelán Castro wrote:
> On 12/10/17 17:50, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
>>> The observation that one, some, many, or all people use a
>>> linguistic construct in an incorrect way do not change the fact
>>> that it is incorre
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On 17-10-11 12:55 AM, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
>> Amazing how much people want to comment on the color of this
>> particular bikeshed!
>
> I agree. Bikeshedding frustrates me: I'll leave it at that.
>
Yes, but surely, given the question you mus
On 13/10/17 09:30, Duane Whitty wrote:
>> Your argument is unsound, because the inference is unjustified.
>> The possibilities that a language is regulated by an official body
>> or defined by majority usage are not exhaustive.
>
> I'd be interested to know what the other possibilities are.
I men
> However, from this does not follow that one individual or a majority
> are allowed to dispense of any rules and do as they please while
> claiming that they are speaking English.
Sure it does. Chaucer, Joyce, Shakespeare. We even have special
grammatical terms for when the author decided to sa
> Yes, but surely, given the question you must have seen this one
> coming :-D
I consider the current amusement I'm receiving small payment for my
having to read every last %$^$#@! message in the bikeshedding.
But, as it's been requested to take it off-list -- and it *is* pretty
off-topic -- I th
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https://www.gnupg.org/blog/20171005-gnupg-ccid-card-daemon-UbuntuPhone.h
tml
Matthias, I appreciate your doing this tutorial. You put a lot of
effort into it. I'm wanting to make some suggestions. Please forgive
me if I'm misunderstanding anythi
El día viernes, octubre 13, 2017 a las 12:44:01p. m. -0400, Daniel Villarreal
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> re:
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> tml
>
> Matthias, I appreciate your doing this tutorial. You put a lot
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