Re: Re(2): uneditable [OT]
Re: Re(2): uneditable [OT]
- Subject: Re: Re(2): uneditable [OT]
- From: "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 02 May 2013 10:59:24 +0200
Le 02/05/2013 à 10:42, JF <email@hidden> a écrit :
> Just checked my Oxford English Dictionary. "editable" is there but not "uneditable". "Unmodifiable" is there and first quote of usage is from Coleridge in 1825. "Editable" is much newer, first quote is from 1935, and the first reference to "editable" being used in computing is in 1971, and may bring back fond memories to some AppleScripters:
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> "1971 Science 11 June (advt.) Any program on the tape can be located in a maximum of 27 seconds‥! Editable, programmable search permits ‘chaining’ of programs which exceed 512 steps."
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> Unlike the French language (apparently it is uneditable?) the English language adapts and adds new words. Most of them are generated by English users, though English is happy to nick words from other languages for example "zeitgeist" (stolen around 1848).
French is a living language but it's not the duty of an american company to decide that a word but be added to our vocabulary.
Recently, the officials in charge of this task published a long list of new words dedicated to computers area.
"app" is not an abbreviation for "application". It's just a string.
The abbreviated form of "application" is "app." (yes, an ending period".
Marion wrongly described "métro" as an abbreviation. She is wrong. Métro is officially a French word since 1891.
KOENIG Yvan (VALLAURIS, France) jeudi 2 mai 2013 10:59:20
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