This thread made my morning and I fully agree: Love to read the elaborate delicately humourful e-mails. In Dutch there's a saying: Schrijvers zijn blijvers, which can be loosy translated as: Who writes, will be remembered. True in this case. Regards, Hans John Gardner <gardnerjohng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Your emails are the reason I know and often use dict(1). Lol. > > > Branden's e-mails are the reason I consult the Oxford English dictionary > far more often than I'm comfortable admitting. Either I'm learning obscure > words I know I'll never remember when I need them,[1] <#snarky-footnote-1> > or I'm asking myself *"wait, what does *X* mean, again…?"*, chiefly because > I don't read enough (non-technical) literature. :-( > > And even when he *isn't* filling my notes file I use to horde definitions > of fancy-sounding words I probably won't ever use, I'm always admiring how > he manages to balance cheeky humour with informative, expressive writing > that brings the Camel Book's writing style to mind (seriously, when > discussing dry topics like typesetting and Unix orthography, a sense of > humour makes digestion *so* much easier). > > Also, "*vituperator*" still reigns as my favourite Brandenism[2] > <#if-you-can-read-this-gmail-forgot-to-sanitise-my-fragment-identifier> to > date. > > [1] Or awkwardly pigeonhole them into discussions when I do. > [2] An unintentional extension to a reader's vocabulary, often when you > least expect it. > [3] There's no third footnote, I just wanted to point out how infectious > Branden's writing style is. > > > On Sat, 10 Dec 2022 at 09:10, Deri <deri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Friday, 9 December 2022 21:09:57 GMT Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > $ dict deriliction > > > No definitions found for "deriliction", perhaps you mean: > > > gcide: Dereliction > > > wn: dereliction > > > moby-thesaurus: dereliction > > > > > > And yes, dereliction has a definition compatible with your use. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > If deriliction was a word I think it would be unsavoury. :-) > > > > Cheers > > > > Deri > > > > > > > >
