Well, now that things have calmed down, I did not mention it to start a war, it was really just an amusing observation that I'd made when I saw the thread (which is the only reason I mentioned it). Glen, thanks for the article, I haven't really used DNF yet and any help will be beneficial since the behaviours of thing can drastically in a few cases compared to yum.
Lastly, no NASCAR here, I'm in Canada... Not enough traction on the ice >LOL< Bryan On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 7 February 2015 at 15:44, Máirín Duffy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I asked if it was a NASCAR thing bc if DNF means did not finish, it must >> have something to do with racing. I have a lot of experience in running and >> the leagues and road races I've ran in never used the term afaik. I have >> also watched the Boston Marathon in person more than once and I've never >> heard the term. So I thought maybe it was from auto racing, and I thought >> Bryan was from NC where NASCAR is quite popular so maybe it is a regional >> term. There was no negative connotation meant by asking if it was >> associated with NASCAR, I was just grasping at straws since I'd never heard >> of it. >> >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Did_Not_Finish > > I have seen it in horse racing and car racing in many forms. > > Does it have bad connotations? Yes but if you go look for how people will > make up bad connotations for any letter combination (First Out on Race Day, > Garbage Machine, Infernal Bowel Movement, Cheesey Data Corporation, etc.) > The best way to deal with it is know that it has one and then make fun of > it before the other guys do. > > >> Either way it really seems like racing jargon to me, not part of the >> general lexicon, and not really a concern. If it is a concern the correct >> place to bring it up is with the developers, not here. >> >> >> -- > Stephen J Smoogen. > > > -- > marketing mailing list > [email protected] > List info or to change your subscription: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing >
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