-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 2:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Plurals and language confusion
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Patrick O'Keefe > > Words change over time. There used to be a legume called the > "pease" in English. But that sounded plural so people > started using as such. And a word means what people think it > means, so that legume is now the "pea". > That was long before acronyms were common (if they existed at > all). I suspect "PIN" is well on it's way to becoming "pin" > with a definition something like "A password consisting of digits". So eventually we might not need to remind folks to enter their Personal Identificati on Number number when they visit an Automated Teller Machine machine? <SNIP> Would that be why the drive up access only ATM machines have Braille on them to assist the hearing impaired? And all this time I thought those other drivers got their DLs the department of Cracker Jacks (name owned by its owner, who else?). Can this world get any more dumbed down and screwy? Later, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
