Re: administration of initscripts
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 08:30:45PM -0400, staticsafe wrote:
> On 4/16/2013 19:33, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:21:02PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> >> I believe very strongly that it is. universality with Linux supporting
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Is that a word, or an Americanism?
> >
> u·ni·ver·sal·i·ty [0]
> [yoo-nuh-ver-sal-i-tee]
> noun, plural u·ni·ver·sal·i·ties.
> 1. the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence
> everywhere.
> 2. relation, extension, or applicability to all.
> 3. universal character or range of knowledge, interests, etc.
Apologies to Kevin, but it seemed strange used in that way, e.g:
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/universality
I guess my schooling was a bit one sided. :) For example, I probably
would have been admonished for using "unorganised" instead of
"disorganised" and yet:
http://www.amirite.com/274993-its-so-annoying-when-people-say-unorganised-its-disorganised-people-amirite
also, the discussion of colour vs color is interesting. I would
definitely have been admonished for using color!
Perhaps it was an attitude/(resistance?) at the time, of the American
influence on the English language.
Although, I accept there is no real excuse for my rudeness.
--
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the
oppressing." --- Malcolm X
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