Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 14:27:54 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@regency.nsu.ru>, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha clock.c Message-ID: <20020521142754.A90034@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10205210519130.80170-100000@moo.sysabend.org>; from ragnar@sysabend.org on Tue, May 21, 2002 at 05:21:10AM -0700 References: <20020521112304.F71209@lpt.ens.fr> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10205210519130.80170-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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Jamie Bowden said on May 21, 2002 at 05:21:10: > > :Terry Lambert said on May 21, 2002 at 02:16:28: > :> > I don't think there's room for confusion: if I say (in whatever > :> > language) "I'm sending you an email" it is clear what I mean. > :> > :> You are sending us a material used to glaze ceramics? > : > :Fewer and better one-liners, please... > > How about we just nitpick your grammar instead? you wouldn't say "I'm > sending you an mail," An obvious objection being that "mail" begins with a consonant. That apart, > and it's just as inappropriate a usage with > reference to electronic mail. What would you say? "I'm sending you a letter by email"? Give me a break. "Email" (unlike "mail") is accepted as a noun for a single item being transmitted. Even Merriam-Webster agrees with that, though it doesn't agree with the spelling: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=E-mail - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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