On Thursday 29 March 2007 19:04, Tryggvi Björgvinsson wrote: > andrei raevsky wrote: > > indeed, but foxes (including, presumably, fire foxes) are canidae, > > which brings up other options such as "combusting jackal" or even > > "oxidizing dhole" :-)) > > Why the obsession with gerunds? Mocking the 'firefox' name IMO shouldn't > change the prefixed noun. 'firefox' isn't 'firing fox' (nor 'firing > squad' or 'fired fox'). > > So in my grammatical utopia the names which have been suggested in this > thread should be: > 'blazewolf' > 'burndog' > 'combustjackal > 'cremationrat' > 'flameferret' > 'hotdog' > 'oxidizationdhole' > 'scintillationcanid' > > I've never quite understood why 'burning dog' was chosen. But as Paul > O'Malley said 'burndog' doesn't read right. Using it as a gerund makes > more sense, but in my mind it looks even worse. I'm not trying to make > any enemies, just sharing my thoughts on this matter. :) > > /Tryggvi > >
/me doles out chinese burns all round. -- Andrew _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
