From: Doug Ewell (dewell@roadrunner.com)
Date: Thu Oct 11 2007 - 01:24:49 CDT
Marion Gunn <mgunn at egt dot ie> wrote:
> Thanks, Frank, for confirming what I thought I already knew, but was
> beginning to doubt. My internal terminologist, as some on this list
> know, tends to get a bit bothered at the inconsistent use of
> terminology - for example, when unnecessary new terms are invented,
> seemingly on a whim (not a judgment statement, only an observation)
> it creates difficulties for and wastes the time of those wishing to
> scan the net for related information before commenting on new
> developments - for example, if "emoticon" is now mostly accepted as
> the standard term for what I still think of as a "smiley", then,
> unless one has personal memory of or other access to the history of
> same, it may not be obvious to people even one year hence that a
> search for "smiley" "smileys" or "smilies" may be needed instead. I
> don't mean to be pedantic, only reacting against what I hope is a
> passing fashion of inventing unncessary new terms, which can be
> endemic in some circles, lest it reach plague level.
We didn't invent the term.
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