On 03/06/2013 09:03 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 3/6/13 11:53 AM, Richmond wrote:
Let's hope it is not "flakey" (err . . . that must be an Americanism)
[I thought "flake" was a rude word for somebody who was homosexual]
with the Open Source version.
Here in the U.S., a "flake" (disregarding pie crust and paint) is a
scatterbrained person with sometimes unpredictable behavior. By
extension, anything that works only some of the time is "flakey".
It isn't any ruder than calling then a nitwit or a dunce. When applied
to objects or software, it's a common adjective.
"I says tae her, Misses, quite plain tae be seen,
The duck eggs are white an the drake eggs are green;
How foolish one is, but how wise one may grow,
By making enquiries at the Livecode Use-List."
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