Re: Improving the WHOIS format
Dwayne Henderson <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:51:30 +0100
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--0015175cd4f2f9b47504b6740e8f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 3:29 AM, David Romano < [email protected]> wrote: > "ought to be split apart" -- I take it you're a fan of Strunk & White. It's > not a typographical error if it's intentional. Are you going to argue that > everyone should write RADAR, LASER, PERL, and ARPA Net? Not everyone agrees > with your English language prescriptions. > Radar, Laser, Perl and Arpa are all phonetical. IRC isn't. Now, Strunk & White made a lot of mistakes: http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497/ But I guess it was intentional, so I guess it's okay. > > > I also proposed changing "Cannot join to channel #test (You have > joined > > to too many channels)", as it's misusing the word "to". Like Tabris > > pointed out, yes you can join one object to another, as in "join > > together". But a channel is not an object - you "join a club", "join a > > group of people". > See my previous message. > > Join X to a Y. > X is joined to a Y. > X is joined to too many Ys. > Or how about X joins Y. X joined Y. X has joined too many Ys. Every man for himself though! > > Then there's the odd capitalization error, unnecessary abbreviation, > > inconsistent spelling and so on and so forth. But it's cool, I'll wait > > till Irssi gets on GitHub (if it ever gets on GitHub) and submit these > > changes myself, as opposed to arguing with a bunch of bigots who > > couldn't care less about typographic correctness in the first place. > Since you seem to be handy with citing wikipedia, there's probably a page > describing the terms "ad hominem" and "pedant": enjoy. > This Jake already dissed me on IRC calling me a pedant the first day I joined this list. Ad hominem you say? --Dwayne http://wearebuild.com +44(0)208 521 1040 (Vimeo<http://vimeo.com/wearebuild/videos> ) --0015175cd4f2f9b47504b6740e8f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 3:29 AM, David Romano <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= =3D"mailto:david.romano%[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">david.ro= [email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div class=3D"im"><bl= ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #= ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> "ought to be split apart" -- I take it you're a fan of Strunk= & White. It's<br> not a typographical error if it's intentional. Are you going to argue t= hat<br> everyone should write RADAR, LASER, PERL, and ARPA Net? Not everyone agrees= <br> with your English language prescriptions.<br></blockquote></div><div><br>Ra= dar, Laser, Perl and Arpa are all phonetical. IRC isn't.<br><br>Now, St= runk & White made a lot of mistakes:<br><br><a href=3D"http://chronicle= .com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497/" target=3D"_blank">http://ch= ronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497/</a><br> <br>But I guess it was intentional, so I guess it's okay.<br>=A0</div><= div class=3D"im"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0pt 0pt = 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <div><br> > =A0 =A0I also proposed changing "Cannot join to channel #test (Yo= u have joined<br> > =A0 =A0to too many channels)", as it's misusing the word &quo= t;to". Like Tabris<br> > =A0 =A0pointed out, yes you can join one object to another, as in &quo= t;join<br> > =A0 =A0together". But a channel is not an object - you "join= a club", "join a<br> > =A0 =A0group of people".<br> </div>See my previous message.<br></blockquote></div><div><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd= ing-left:1ex"> <br> =A0 =A0Join X to a Y.<br> =A0 =A0X is joined to a Y.<br> =A0 =A0X is joined to too many Ys.<br></blockquote><br>Or how about X join= s Y.<br>X joined Y.<br>X has joined too many Ys.<br><br>Every man for himse= lf though!<br><br></div><div class=3D"im"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"= style=3D"margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);p= adding-left:1ex"> <div><br> > =A0 =A0Then there's the odd capitalization error, unnecessary abbr= eviation,<br> > =A0 =A0inconsistent spelling and so on and so forth. But it's cool= , I'll wait<br> > =A0 =A0till Irssi gets on GitHub (if it ever gets on GitHub) and submi= t these<br> > =A0 =A0changes myself, as opposed to arguing with a bunch of bigots wh= o<br> > =A0 =A0couldn't care less about typographic correctness in the fir= st place.<br> </div>Since you seem to be handy with citing wikipedia, there's probabl= y a page<br> describing the terms "ad hominem" and "pedant": enjoy.<= br></blockquote></div><div><br>This Jake already dissed me on IRC calling m= e a pedant the first day I joined this list. Ad hominem you say?<div class= =3D"im"> <br><br> --Dwayne<br><a href=3D"http://wearebuild.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://wea= rebuild.com</a> <a href=3D"tel:%2B44%280%29208%20521%201040" value=3D"+4420= 85211040" target=3D"_blank">+44(0)208 521 1040</a> (<a href=3D"http://vimeo= .com/wearebuild/videos" target=3D"_blank">Vimeo</a>)<br> </div></div></div> </div> --0015175cd4f2f9b47504b6740e8f--