Andre van Tonder wrote: > On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Antonio Vieiro wrote: > >> Regarding the "Other Thing"/"Thing two" I think we should start thinking >> of a name for this. > > How about SRFI? ;)
Good one! Now if we notice that the "SR" in SRFI are the first and last letters of Schemer, all we have to do is insert two more letters to get: Schemerific! Aside from being an expansion of "Schemer" and containing "SRFI", it has the added advantage of being usable by all camps to achieve their rhetorical ends. This is because, in addition to its role as a noun, it can also be used as an adjective with either positive or negative connotations, depending on the speaker's tone of voice. (This can be simulated in text by appropriate use of punctuation.) Any given sentence describing Scheme - um, Schemerific - can now be used by anyone, no matter their preferences, with only the tone distinguishing whether the speaker considers it a description of an admirable triumph, an ironic mistake, or an unspeakable tragedy. For example, to communicate admirable triumph, the enunciation of "Schemerific" could be patterned after Tony the Tiger's[*] enunciation of "They're grreat!" I leave the other pronunciations as an exercise for the speakers. In fact, to ensure a smooth transition to discussions using the new name, I recommend that everyone start practicing immediately, using sentences such as, "that layered monadic approach to first class environments is Schemerific!" Anton [*] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_the_Tiger _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
