That makes more sense - but to turn that into a noun (we are having "office hours" on Tuesday", is stretching the borders of everything language.
What next? "we are having **Car Park** on Saturday" to denote the sort of informal discussions that carry on after a meeting as peole head for their cars? ;-) Rui On 26 January 2013 15:46, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know if it's just an american school thing but I know the term from > my professors (and before that some high school teachers) who had 'office > hours' which were set hours when they could be guaranteed to be in their > office without other meetings/commitments so that you could just drop by > without an appointment an chat. > > James > > > James Alexander > Manager, Merchandise > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Rui Correia, 26/01/2013 14:36: > > > > I am a langugage person - speak a number of them, have a passion for > >> linguistics, etymology and philology. I had understood that it was some > >> kind of meeting, but was naturally curious as to why it should be called > >> "office hours". > >> > >> Thanks for explaining, but it still leaves puzzled to call a meeting > >> "office hours", when something less arcane would do - like "IRC-Chat", > >> "Wiki-Chat", Wiki-Miti", "Wiki-gether" "Rendez-VouWiki", etc etc ..... > >> > > > > I think the idea is/was that the "mysterious WMF office" opens for > > everyone to "visit" and chat, through IRC. > > > > Nemo > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l< > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- _________________________ Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186 Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186 _______________ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
