[PLUG] Re: [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] ANNOUNCEMENT: May PLUG Meeting
Scott Staples
sstaples at techcadre.com
Tue Apr 30 21:30:06 UTC 2002
Alright, I'll take the last post.
You're right, and I apologize.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy.Dunlap [mailto:rddunlap at osdl.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:09 PM
To: 'plug at lists.pdxlinux.org'
Subject: RE: [PLUG] Re: [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] ANNOUNCEMENT: May PLUG Meeting
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Scott Staples wrote:
| It's not all that odd.. "administer" means to apply, and "administrate"
| means to manage. There's a difference, and sourceforge's use is correct.
Well, I did look them up before posting, and I didn't see
such a difference, so I beg to disagree.
But I'll tell you what, you can have the last post if you
want it, and I won't waste the PLUG bandwidth any more
on this subject. :)
~Randy
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Randy.Dunlap [mailto:rddunlap at osdl.org]
|
| I particularly like sourceforge's persistent use of the verb
| 'administrate' instead of 'admininster'.
| It's not wrong per se, just odd. At least they are consistent. 8;)
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