[squeak-dev] The Trunk: Kernel-cmm.757.mcz
David T. Lewis
lewis at mail.msen.com
Sat May 4 21:55:32 UTC 2013
On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 01:54:57PM -0700, Colin Putney wrote:
> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Chris Muller <ma.chris.m at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Your average syllables-per-word jumped in this mail Colin! ;) I had
> > to look up "cromulent". Dictionary.com defines it as, "fine,
> > acceptable". Why not just say "fine" then? Ah, urban Dictionary's
> > definition says: "Used in an ironical sense to mean legitimate, and
> > therefore, in reality, spurious and not at all legitimate. Assumes
> > common knowledge of the inherent Simpsons reference."
> >
>
> Nah, the irony was sooo 90's and in the 21st century it just means
> legitimate. Of course, there's irony in *that* too.
>
> Ok, discussions of vocabulary are always diverting, and some puns are
> irresistible, but I'm quite serious. "Hence" is totally the correct word
> here.
>
> I'm also saddened that so many people are against it. I guess the lowest
> common denominator always wins in the end.
>
That's not the lowest common denominator. The true lowest of the low
would be #fromHence.
;-)
Dave
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