Hello Nick
On 08-Feb-01, you wrote:
>
> Norbert
>
>
>> That's not a matter of liking a browser or not.
>> HTML is a language which is interpreted by
>> computers respectively browsers.
>>
>> There exists standard for HTML v3.2/4.0 which defines how
>> things have to be done to work on *all* plattforms.
>> This decision has been made for very good reasons.
>>
>> If someone doesn't adhere to those rules,
>> he/she can't expect that things will work right.
>
>
> You speak English right? So you probably use the word 'OK'.
> Some people think it originated as an abbreviation for Americans
> saying 'Orl Korrect' (I'm dubious myself) but no-one really knows.
Mindless trivia: some US president or something used it in his
campaign. Lord knows what it meant, I forgot, but that's the
official "where OK came from".
> Imagine you live at a time when 'OK' has just entered circulation.
> It's not in the Oxford English Dictionary yet, so it's not a proper
> English word, right? So what are you going to do? Pretend you don't
> understand someone when they use this word?
That's exactly what people would have done ;)
Thanks
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