This might sound daft, BUT: It might not be a bad thing (especially for the benefit of non-native speakers of English) if a list of rude words were drawn up and made available to RR developers: a guide to words best eschewed in code.
To back this up we only need to consider the recent misunderstanding about the word "bo****ks". On the web-site referred to at the start of this thread there was another word - "wa**er" - which, as far as I know is a Briticism and may be misunderstood by North Americans. I am perfectly prepared to offer a list of incredibly foul Scots words :) At present I have a "little job" cleaning up the website of a Russian type of Linux - the developers have tried to be "cool" in English, and, owing to the very simple fact that they are not native speakers and have had little or no contact with "living English", have only managed to sound both infantile and coarse. As English becomes, like it or not, the language of programming and the web, this will be an increasing problem. sincerely, Richmond Mathewson ____________________________________________________________ I have just read and signed the online petition: "Hinge & Bracket" hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition service, at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/HandB/ I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself. Richmond Mathewson ____________________________________________________________ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
