Paul Rogers wrote:
You are right, but I'm going to change it to:
In theory, it is like the <command>make</command> command, but without
<command>make</command>'s wrinkles.
It will be a part of my next commit.
It was used in the README and obviously copied across, albeit with some
editing, but that's really not an excuse. I like the "theory"! ;-)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/there-is-no-proper-english-1426258286?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird
If one reads between the lines, it's clear that is a long standing
debate. It's also clear that author's explicit pronouncements of what
is or is not "proper" are no more than personal opinions, no matter how
forcefully expressed. "Huckleberry Finn" was a scandal when published.
The English language reflects British Isles history of invasions. First
the Anglo-Saxon invasion pushed earlier Celtic languages to the
peripheries. English always has had an historically "plattdeutsch", Low
German or Low Saxon, grammar with borrowed words, many introduced from
French after the Norman Conquest. Some even from the British Raj.
With respect to vocanulary:
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow
words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways
to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
James Nicoll
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~choh/german.htm
-- Bruce
--
http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support
FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html
Unsubscribe: See the above information page
