[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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