Yes, you did write "large/obscure." You diligently reread your post until you came to the word that proved me wrong. But you should have continued reading the next paragraph in order also to be thorough, since there you also this: "And, using those big words to answer the OP, did not solve the problem."
That is the "big" to which I referred. If I had meant to quote your use of "large", I would have precisely written "large" instead of "big." Perhaps a machine-executed find-character-string for "big" would in general be more precise than an ocular scan of the text which terminates on any shade of synonymity rather than only on an exact match. A "naïf" is "a naïve or inexperienced person..., [an] innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil", [1] a fitting description for a novice at multitasking. :-) You chose to assume Mr. Gilmore meant naïve as an insult; I chose to assume he meant inexperienced. If one goes looking for insults, one can usually find them. Bill Fairchild Rocket Software [1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/naif -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 5:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ATTACH >"ætat", having only five letters, cannot possibly be characterized as "big", >and its meaning is instantly obvious given a knowledge of Latin roots, as was >"lacunae", also not a "big" word. Speaking of precision, I said "large/obscure", not "big". >Nor did he describe the OP as "naïve." >He said that the OP was "a naïf." >These two words are not synonymous. Never said that they were. >Naïve is an adjective and naïf is a noun, as he used it. But, a naif is a naive person. So, calling somebody a naif is saying they are naive. So, by rephrasing, I did nothing wrong as to precision. And, I never said they were synonyms. - I'm a SuperHero with neither powers, nor motivation! Kimota! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
