From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2006-09-22T16:42:00+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ducktator - A Duck Type Validator

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On 9/21/06, Devin Mullins <twifkak@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Devin Mullins wrote:
> > Do we need separate terms
> > to describe the different meanings Eric enumerated (and potentially
> > others)? Well, no, but it'd be helpful. I'll start.
> Oh, and lastly:
>
> Can we expect everybody in the world to conform to a standard set of
> vocabulary, should we come to agree on one? HELL NO!


Hmm that sounds strange to me:
Do you think  we missunderstand each other on purpose?
Even if we were all native English speakers the limitations of the written
language will kick in.
No I have to say that I find this a very interesting and didactic thread,
look e.g. at your statement
"Boy, we really love to argue about semantics, don't we?"
it struck me, for meself it is one of the main purposes of the ML, for
yeself it seems unnecessary, I guess we do not interpret the sentence in th=
e
same way, and I assume that we do not do this on purpose.
Hopefully I got my point accross - which is funny because the point I want
to get accross (is this English BTW?) is that is almost impossible to get
the point accross.

Cheers
Robert

That is all.
>
> Devin
>
>


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