Re: Debian is testing Discourse
Daniel Barclay wrote:
> Sven Hartge wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > As Russ noted in
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2020/04/msg00103.html in 3)
> > "... more comfortable with forums than with email. [...]"
> > ...
>
>
> How do people not understand that the word "forum" does not exclude e-mail
> or even non-digital communication (that "forum" does not mean only a
> web-based forum)?
>
> (It's like thinking "turf" means "artificial turf"--as did some local
> newscasters who reported that some schools were changing their athletic
> fields from turf back to grass. Huh?)
Yes, but you need to recognize that people morph words badly
even as you refuse to warp their meanings yourself.
-dsr-
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