Berger, Daniel
8/11/2006 5:38:00 PM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Kelly [mailto:billk@cts.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 11:32 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: nonce
>
>
> From: <dblack@wobblini.net>
> >
> > My main problem with "eigenclass" is that it's in German, whereas
> > everything else in Ruby is in English.
>
> Gesundheit.
> Umlaut.
> Zeitgeist.
> Wunderkind.
> uber-...
> Strafe.
> Spiel.
> Schadenfreude.
> Poltergeist.
> Gestalt.
> Doppelganger.
> Blitz.
> Angst.
> Kindergarten.
>
>
> What is "English" anyway? Most of our words came from _some_
> other langauage. Would you be suggesting only anglo-saxon
> derived words
> are appropriate for Ruby? :-)
>
>
> ... Adieu, hope my post was apropos and that I haven't made a
> faux pas or some sort of gauche inappropriate critique; of
> course that sort of thing would be de rigeur for Usenet and
> probably inducing of deja vu. Well gotta ask my protoge to
> take the cuisine out of the microwave, the office is about to
> head out en masse to catch the risque matinee du jour. (I
> hope there's plenty of double entendre.) En route, I'll pick
> up my fiancee - she's a fan of the genre. With luck, after
> the finale, there'll be an encore presentation.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> agent provocateur? or enfant terrible?
>
> :-)
Heh, well put Bill. I have no problem with a non-english word (or even
a made up word) so long as its meaning is understood, is related to what
it represents, and I can pronounce it easily.
You grok? :)
Regards,
Dan
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