Stigers, Gregory - ANDOVER ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: CPU is so standard as to be usable in Star Trek and Terminator II; I
: would expect that CPUName is closer to intuitive, whereas YYYY is
: programmer jargon. I guess I should mention that I got my BA in
: Linguistics (great career choice, that; me and the history and English
: majors are all hot tickets), and took a semester / seminar in American
: English where we did study slang & jargon.

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Ah, that last semester would explain how a Linguistics major and English
Seminar student is able to write incorrect grammar such as "me and the
history and English majors..."  It must be acceptable slang/jargon :-).

Don't feel bad; these days I hear that form more often than the correct
one, including from my daughter.  Maybe that's how we define "acceptable".
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