Hi Ann, This is way too picky! Folders and rights versus directories and permissions? We're smart enough to know the differences, and to understand Teddy. Come on! Get over it! Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 10:40 AM Subject: Re: General question about Linux > Hi all, > > Teddy, I am sure that in Romanian there are groups of people that have > a certain set of words that they use to talk about whatever their > hobby or interest is. Carpenters have a certain set of words they > use. Stamp collectors have a certain set of words that they use. > Have radio operators use still another. These sets of words may mean > totally different things when spoken by the general population. When > you join a group of people that has the same interest as you do, you > learn to use the special words that your new group uses. There are > two reasons for this, Teddy. the first is a communication issue. If > you use the "jargon" of the given group, the group members will > understand what you are talking about immediately. The second reason > is that when you use the "jargon" of the group, you tell the group > that you want to be a member, that you want to be seen as part of the > group. When you don't use the right language, it signals that you > don't want to be part of the group. I'm sure that this is the same in > Romanian too. > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
