On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 04:37, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 04:11:54 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> > > Sorry for my ignorance -- but is there someone who can present me
> > > the german term for "affordance"? The web-dicts I searched, don't
> > > know this word -- and the wikipedia entry doesn't give me any clue
> > > about the german word (though I understand the concept).
> >
> > The problem is that it's not a word. Your understanding of it is
> > probably the best definition there is ;-)
>
> I have to disagree with this - it may not be a german word, but it
> certainly is an English one - its been in consistant use in scientific
> literature for ~30 years.
>
And iff has been in constant use in mathematics for over 40 years and
shows up in mathematics textbooks and papers but it's still not a
recognized English word. It's not in Webster's Unabridged (although
FUBAR is ;-).
Jan
