In a message dated 07/10/2007 18:12:58 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Actually I am not being facetious about the use of the word "punter". I wote in a light-hearted way, but I think the person concerned is making a fair point, and we should be sensitive to it. The problem is I cannot think of a suitable alternative that also conveys the sort of atmosphere we have at shows, Best Wishes, Geoff Actually what's wrong with QLer, QL enthusiast, QL Hobbyist, QL supporter, QList, QLuser, QL individualist. The editor of QLToday might be contempating a competition to discover the correct terms for a single QL user or an pack of them, like a pride of Lions etc, - like a QLutch of Qlers. Clearly punter is a cliched descriptor which may be applied to an individual who is expected to part whith hard cash during an event of any sort and is therefore totally inadequate to adequately describe the quality of the individualists who continue to support QL systems. Duncan _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
