David Kastrup said the following on 14.10.2007 19:48:
Marius Storm-Olsen <marius@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:Wincent Colaiuta said the following on 14.10.2007 18:35:"undecided" sounds good to me. It should be clear to non-native speakers of English (at least, clearer than "dunno").What about just "unknown"?I tend to nitpick to the degree of silliness when my own suggestions are concerned, but "unknown" sounds to me like the state _before_ the test. If a person says he is "undecided" about something that means that he _has_ thought about it already. "Undecidable" might bring this distinction across more strongly, but it is a more complicated word and it insinuates that it is _impossible_ to come to a decision regardless of the spent effort. "unknown" clearly is much better than "dunno" though even if my own favorite would be "undecided".
What then about a good'ol programming favorite, "void"? :-)I agree that "unknown" might be a state even _before_ a person has determined if a case is good or bad (same for 'dunno' actually: "- Do you know if it works? - I dunno yet") When I think more about it, I really like "void"..
"Argh, this test is void, because someone messed with it" "We can't make heads or tails of this one, so it must be void" -- .marius
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