From: Giuseppe Bilotta <bilotta78@...>
Date: 2002-09-25T19:42:40+09:00
Subject: Re: select and select

Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> 
> I myself am a pedant, and always appreciate advice from other pedants.  I would
> not have considered #lookup to be a problem, in fact I didn't give it any
> thought, because "lookup" to me suggests a search, whereas "look up" suggest
> gazing at the sky or the ceiling, depending on one's location.

With the famous plaque "What the heck are you looking at? Shouldn't 
you be working?" :)

> 
> Anyway, I went to dictionary.com, and guess what?  Their search box is labelled
> "Look up:"!!!
> 
> So I rest your case.

what about #look&nbsp;up ? :)

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

"E la storia dell'umanit�, babbo?"
"Ma niente: prima si fanno delle cazzate,
 poi si studia che cazzate si sono fatte"
(Altan)
("And what about the history of the human race, dad?"
 "Oh, nothing special: first they make some foolish things,
  then you study which foolish things have been made")