8.04 to 10.04 dist upgrade
Billie Walsh
bilwalsh at swbell.net
Thu Sep 2 20:34:42 UTC 2010
On 09/02/2010 03:30 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
> Colin Law wrote:
>
>> On 2 September 2010 16:58, Dave Woyciesjes<woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Basil Chupin wrote:
>>> ...
>>> Which brings up a peeve of mine. I do not agree with "Google" being a
>>> verb. It's a name, a pronoun. I believe it should be "search using
>>> Google" or somesuch variant.
>>>
>> You can peeve away as much as you like, but individuals cannot control
>> the development of languages. A large percentage of the worlds
>> population (well a significant percentage anyway) (or enough at
>> least) have decided that google is a verb, so that is what it is.
>>
> You are very correct, and I don't bother myself worrying about it.
> I still say that a name for a person that uses twitter should be called
> a twit. Or would that be someone who follows someone else's twitter?
>
>
That's a Tweety
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