> On Nov 26, 2018, at 11:26 AM, GTI .H <gti90...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Em dom, 25 de nov de 2018 às 21:26, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us > <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us>> escreveu: > Meh. The word “split” may not be in your accounting textbook, but the concept > of it is. Every transaction requires an entry in each of at least two account > ledgers (hence “double entry”). GnuCash calls those entries “splits”. You can > argue about the name if you want, but the concept is the foundation of formal > accounting. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > I see you're attentive and will not let me talk bullshit! > > Out of GnuCash, in double-entry accounting in a transaction of two accounts, > if you look at one side you will see for example 10 and if you look at the > other side you will see 10, there is nothing splitted but rather balanced. > > GnuCash has appropriated, modified and expanded the concept of the split > word, so within GnuCash it has been "split" that may have the same concept of > left side and right side, top line, bottom line, and also the same concept > that accounts, yes, now belongs to accounting. > > When the concept of "split" is left side and right side, top line, bottom > line I'm right, when the concept is accounts, you're right.
;-) English overloads words a lot, and we often come up with new overloads. That sometimes makes it tough for non-native speakers. 75 years ago a "computer” was a person who was skilled at doing arithmetic in (usually) her head. Now it’s a square centimeter of dirty silicon. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
