On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:59:28 -0500 Theodore Ts'o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As a _noun_??? (Ugh.) Anything online to link to? > > Well, if you want to go on a grammar/spelling jihad, there's also the > more(1) man page... Sure... but no link! Now I'm reconciled to this neologism, I checked a paper edition of MWC 11th today, it's a noun, 1966 they say, though no usage. What sold me was the entry on "-ful" in the new Fowler's which also lists nouns 'spoonful', 'teaspoonful', 'handful', etc. So I was stupid, and you are correct Sir! BTW, calling English a "living language" (very true) doesn't mean anything goes, or why spellcheck? (And isn't French a living language too?) But messages like mine, wrong or right, are among a language's vital signs; that its speakers are involved enough to attempt maintaining or improving it. Here's a 'screenful' wishlist bug: Bug#348825: iamerican: "screenful" http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=348825 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]