On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 12:08:08PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: > Okay, so I'm working on redoing the events document based on the > critiques from folks so far. (Which have been quite helpful) I should > have a second draft of the thing soon. > > It does, though, sound like we might want an alternate name for this > stuff. While event is the right thing in some places it isn't in > others (like the whole attribute/property mess) we may be well-served > choosing another name. I'm open to suggestions here...
I suggest "hap". http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hap Tim. 7 entries found for hap. hap ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hp) n. 1. Fortune; chance. 2. A happening; an occurrence. intr.v. happed, hap·ping, haps To happen. [Middle English, from Old Norse happ. See kob- in Indo-European Roots.] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition hap \Hap\, v. t. [OE. happen.] To clothe; to wrap. The surgeon happed her up carefully. --Dr. J. Brown. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. hap \Hap\, n. [Cf. Hap to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.] Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. hap \Hap\, n. [Icel. happ unexpected good luck. [root]39.] That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot. --Chaucer. Whether art it was or heedless hap. --Spenser. Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build Their hopes on haps. --Sir P. Sidney. Loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. --Shak. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. hap \Hap\, v. i. [OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen.] To happen; to befall; to chance. --Chaucer. Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. --Shak. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. hap n : an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life" v : come to pass; occur: "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: happen, go on, pass off, occur, pass, come about, take place] Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
