On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 04:11:54 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> > Sorry for my ignorance -- but is there someone who can present me
> > the german term for "affordance"?  The web-dicts I searched, don't 
> > know this word -- and the wikipedia entry doesn't give me any clue 
> > about the german word (though I understand the concept).
> 
>       The problem is that it's not a word.  Your understanding of it is
> probably the best definition there is ;-)

I have to disagree with this - it may not be a german word, but it
certainly is an English one - its been in consistant use in scientific
literature for ~30 years.

(UK) English is defined by usage - not a canonical dictionary, so it is a
word.

- Steve

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