Sure and there's nothin' wrong with new words--that's how the language
evolves! Problem is using them online where you can't explain instantly if
folks go "Huh?"
I guess I assumed you were using it as a neologism on purpose, rather than
thinking it was legit. As you've found, it's "not a word" in
I thought about protesting at "made-up", then decided to ignore it. Last, and
best, I investigated.
I don't think ~I~ made it up; I've had the word in my vocabulary as long as I
can remember. If asked, I'd have said I must have read it somewhere.
But my spell checker didn't recognize it Frida
Oh. Well, ok. But I've been reluctantly using IBM documents in PDF form for,
I dunno, maybe a few years now. Need me to send you a link or two?
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Ah, of course. A made-up word. Accepted term is "facetiousness", which is
clumsy but at least commonly understandable.
On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 9:37 AM Bob Bridges wrote:
> "Are you being facetious?", in other words. Facetism (which is how I
> spell "fa-SEE-shiz-m") is closely related to sarcasm,
Bob,
In answer to your question... I was serious when I asked for PDFs.
I've been to customer sites where I do not get local access to the internet
(even touching their keyboards is a major sin).
I've had to access the web, through my phone, attached to my laptop. Some
IBM web sites were taking ov
"Are you being facetious?", in other words. Facetism (which is how I spell
"fa-SEE-shiz-m") is closely related to sarcasm, except the tone is serious; the
hearer is expected to understand that the intent is not.
Also, I suppose, sarcasm usually has an element of hostility in it; facetism
often
Man
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>> I can't tell, Colin: Is this facetism?
> "facetism"?? fetishism? fascism? fetishist fascism? (is that last one
> redundant?)
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Every time I see the title of this thread I think it says Redneck Humor.
Charles
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> I am hearing strong rumors that IBM is about to commit the type of
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> I can't tell, Colin: Is this facetism?
"facetism"?? fetishism? fascism? fetishist fascism? (is that last one
redundant?)
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> I can't tell, Colin: Is this facetism? Some months ago, or maybe a year,
> I found I was no longer able to access the
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Wow. That was apparently a close call.
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> This was posted by Bill Bitner (bitn...@us.ibm.com on LINUX-390 a week ago:
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> "I do my best to stay out of the rumor business. Chris Konarski just tweeted
> that it is a misunde
On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 12:44:59 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote:
>I can't tell, Colin: Is this facetism? Some months ago, or maybe a year, I
>found I was no longer able to access the on-line HTMLs;
>
In recent weeks, less than that year, I've found access to on-line HTMLs much
improved.
A Google search
I can't tell, Colin: Is this facetism? Some months ago, or maybe a year, I
found I was no longer able to access the on-line HTMLs; I had to content myself
with downloaded PDFs (and hope that I'd remember to download the updates as
often as necessary). It is nice, I agree, to know that the doc
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I agree with Cheryl that Redbooks have been some of the BEST documentation
available from IBM. What I am curious about is if IBM is going to transition
the Redbooks into something better. With the web there
thank
> God that retirement is starting to look feasible.
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Have a nice weekend everyone.
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"Not speaking for IBM as far as they know"
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This is really appalling! I hope it's not true, but I have noticed that the
lack of books related to z/O
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I am hearing strong rumors that IBM is about to commit the type of corporate
facepalm that is t
I am hearing strong rumors that IBM is about to commit the type of corporate
facepalm that is the stuff for future textbooks. Apparently Redbooks are no
longer going to be a thing and the organization disbanded. If there’s one thing
that has differentiated IBM in the mainframe space has been the
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