Tedd Sperling wrote:
All new technical terminology starts as some form of jargon. The success of which usually comes about as an acceptance of term definitions among those practicing the technology.
As a result of which we now have to suffer such abominations as "distro" (distribution), "gonna" (going to), "leverage" (exploit), "wanna" (want to), "mashup" (synthesis), "my bad" (mea culpa) and all the other horrors that are daily inflicted on an innocent readership by those so desperate to follow fashion that they are unable or unwilling to take the time to separate the wheat of true creativity from the chaff of mindless mimicry. Philip Taylor ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
