Re: "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" , Ian Murdock
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 07:50:04AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:
> > It raises the question. And the answer is yes.
>
> > Everybody behaving in a certain way does not make it right. Just as
> > everybody thinking something does not make it true.
>
> Except, of course, when it comes to language, especially idioms, where a
> large enough group can make any foul syntax and grammar correct. Remember,
> Lexicographers not only define what is "accurate" but what is in popular use.
> Hence, "d'oh" now being a word. :P
>
cf. also "hacker" and "pirate"
Regards,
-Roberto
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