From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2006-10-01T16:56:41+09:00
Subject: Re: "Succinctness is Power", by Paul Graham

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On 10/1/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
>
> Robert Dober wrote:
> > On 9/30/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Yeah, they've bruined me for any other mailing list.
> >
> >
> > My good old friend Websters (m-w.com a must for all non native speakers,
> > and
> > maybe even for the natives ;)
> > does not seem to know about the verb "to bruin", could you enlighten a
> > stupid please?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Robert
> >
> >
> >
> >
> A bruin is another name for bear. Surely you've had something ruin your
> whole day. I would imagine that if you were eaten by a bear, your whole
> day would be bruined.
>
>
Ahhh that explains why my friend Webster was talking about a bear all the
time I fed him "bruin".
Thx for the explanation and yes, of course, your conclusion seems
reasonable.
I will accept it *without* scientific proof.
R

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