Re: Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names

2013-04-15 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 15Apr2013 07:50, Chris Angelico wrote: | Quirky question time! | | When you read out a qualified name, eg collections.OrderedDict, do you | read the qualifier ("collections dot ordered dict"), or do you elide | it ("ordered dict")? I ask because it makes a difference to talking | about just on

Re: Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names

2013-04-15 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2013-04-15 07:50, Chris Angelico wrote: >> Quirky question time! >> ... or possibly a collections.OrderedDict... >> ... or possibly an collections.OrderedDict... > > If you're smart enough to elide the "collections [dot]" from your > pronunci

Re: Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names

2013-04-15 Thread Tim Chase
On 2013-04-15 07:50, Chris Angelico wrote: > Quirky question time! > ... or possibly a collections.OrderedDict... > ... or possibly an collections.OrderedDict... If you're smart enough to elide the "collections [dot]" from your pronunciation, you're smart enough to adjust the a/an accordingly. Use

Re: Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names

2013-04-14 Thread Stefan Schwarzer
Hi Chris, On 2013-04-14 23:50, Chris Angelico wrote: > Quirky question time! > > When you read out a qualified name, eg collections.OrderedDict, do you > read the qualifier ("collections dot ordered dict"), or do you elide > it ("ordered dict")? I ask because it makes a difference to talking > ab

Re: Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names

2013-04-14 Thread Ethan Furman
On 04/14/2013 02:50 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: Quirky question time! When you read out a qualified name, eg collections.OrderedDict, do you read the qualifier ("collections dot ordered dict"), or do you elide it ("ordered dict")? I ask because it makes a difference to talking about just one of th

Re: Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names

2013-04-14 Thread MRAB
On 14/04/2013 22:50, Chris Angelico wrote: Quirky question time! When you read out a qualified name, eg collections.OrderedDict, do you read the qualifier ("collections dot ordered dict"), or do you elide it ("ordered dict")? I ask because it makes a difference to talking about just one of them:

Grammar question: Englisn and Python: qualified names

2013-04-14 Thread Chris Angelico
Quirky question time! When you read out a qualified name, eg collections.OrderedDict, do you read the qualifier ("collections dot ordered dict"), or do you elide it ("ordered dict")? I ask because it makes a difference to talking about just one of them: ... or possibly a collections.OrderedDict..