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Re: Computer languages

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Feb 14 21:42:02 1994

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From: awest@netlink.nix.com (Amy West)
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 18:34:59 PST
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Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
 
>>taHmeH "ENTER" yI'uy...
 
>Thisis okay as it stands, *BUT* bear in mind what it means.  "Press
>Enter in order that *it* continue."  That's an okay reading of the
>usual English sentence, but if you're thinking of "press enter to
>continue" in the sense of "press enter in order that *you* continue",
>you should have "bItaHmeH".
 
I had you-no object in mind, actually.
 
>'Course, then there's the question of whether or not "taH" is the
>best verb; "bItaHmeH <<Enter>> yI'uy" sounds like a threat to me: if
>you don't press Enter, you won't continue existing... :)
 
I would like to think that taH can alse refer to continuing a
process or any action and not just mean the continuation of
"life".
 
I also considered ghoS, but to me that implies walking and
also means "approach" as well as "proceed", so the meaning is less
clear.. to me, anyways. 
 

awest@netlink.nix.com


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