ditto in DDoc

2010-10-08 Thread Tomek Sowiński
More of an English question... dunno <- don't know ditto <- ? -- Tomek

Re: ditto in DDoc

2010-10-08 Thread Yao G.
On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:22:33 -0500, Tomek Sowiński wrote: More of an English question... dunno <- don't know ditto <- ? http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ditto ditto (plural dittos) 1. That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same. 2. (informal) A duplicate or copy of a docume

Re: ditto in DDoc

2010-10-08 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On Friday, October 08, 2010 14:22:33 Tomek Sowiński wrote: > More of an English question... > dunno <- don't know > ditto <- ? It's a word in and of itself, not the shortening or butchering of another word. According to merriam-webster.com ( http://www.merriam- webster.com/dictionary/ditto ), it

Re: ditto in DDoc

2010-10-08 Thread bearophile
Jonathan M Davis: > It's the past participle of the Italian word dire (to say) It was, a long time ago. Today it's "detto". Bye, bearophile

Re: ditto in DDoc

2010-10-08 Thread Denis Koroskin
On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:22:33 +0400, Tomek Sowiński wrote: More of an English question... dunno <- don't know ditto <- ? Ditto is used to indicate that something already said is applicable a second time. In documentation, "ditto" means that previous comment also applies here. Here is an e

Re: ditto in DDoc

2010-10-08 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On Friday, October 08, 2010 15:17:13 bearophile wrote: > Jonathan M Davis: > > It's the past participle of the Italian word dire (to say) > > It was, a long time ago. Today it's "detto". > > Bye, > bearophile Good to know. I was just going by what Merriam Webster had to say on that one. I know