Intentional typos tend to be intentional for a reason (ie, there was something else it was meant to convey). Otherwise, they tend not to be intentional but instead they are unintentional typos that have come into common usage for a particular reason. For example, pr[o0]n was a way to get porn through filters of one sort or another. My thought was that it's possible that borken was a nod to the Swedish Chef and the original reason for writing it borken has been lost. Thus, ESR doesn't have it. He is not g0d after all and can't know everything.
Regardless, it was just bemused speculation and not intended to be a definitive answer on the subject. It appears there is no definitive word since even esr doesn't trace where the 'intentional typo' originated. Ric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Jinks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] jargon question... > True, but (a) ESR is usually pretty good about tracing etymologies and > (b) the "intentional typo" is a simpler explanation and common elsewhere > (cf. "pr[o0]n", others that I can't remember off hand). > > My bet is that the Swedish chef resemblance is a coincidence. > > Well that was diverting. We now return you, er, me to our regularly > scheduled round of DBI programming. Whee. > > -m > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 04:50:12PM -0500, Ric Messier wrote: > > Doesn't mean that the mangling wasn't originally inspired by the Swedish > > Chef. :-) > > > > > > > > I think this is coincidental. My authoritive source on these matters is > > > the Jargon File; main site appears to be unreachable right now (I get a > > > redirect to EFF's home page, for some reason) but here from a mirror: > > > > > > http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/b/borken.html > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > -- > Michael Jinks, IB # Enterprise Networks & Systems Administration # UofC > Reader! Think not that > technical information > ought not be called speech; -- Anonymous, "How to decrypt a DVD" > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
