From: Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net>
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] Re: small patches
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 01:50:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YPU8yG9FzQR3eF2c@wopr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABB-WO8nUog5pWh7SAEZN5DEOoxmy5qMEmLzfqkfiyGW722oGA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 12:00:36AM +0100, Stuart Morrow wrote:
>
> "Stable device unique name" sounds like a violation of that rule about
> the order in adjectives in English, although "device unique name"
> appears elsewhere and so may be a technical term not to be rearranged.
That rule is prescriptivist nonsense and it's only brought up to
gatekeep ESL speakers. I propose it be ignored entirely, and I propose
it with the entirety of my heart-shaped red American solitary heart.
khm
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-19 9:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-13 17:41 [9front] " Stuart Morrow
2021-07-18 23:00 ` [9front] " Stuart Morrow
2021-07-19 8:50 ` Kurt H Maier [this message]
2021-07-19 12:06 ` Stuart Morrow
2021-07-19 19:40 ` Amavect
2021-07-19 19:52 ` ori
2021-07-21 21:19 ` Stuart Morrow
2021-07-21 21:20 ` Stuart Morrow
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