Re: English usage (was: who decides the size of a data type?)
- From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:09:29 -0700
Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Keith Thompson said:
<snip>
The point I think you're missing is that in the Indian dialect of
English, the word "doubt" apparently *is* commonly used to mean
"question".
The point I think /you're/ missing is that we are constantly enjoined to be
generous in what we accept, but strict in what we produce. And we try to
be. But it would sure be good if some *other people* tried doing the same
thing.
Programmers are supposed to be amongst the brightest people on the planet.
They should be able to *learn*. When people show an inability or
unwillingness to learn, that doesn't bode well for their future career as
a programmer.
I won't debate whether this usage is correct, but it wouldn't hurt for
readers of this newsgroup to be aware that it exists.
Agreed, but it also wouldn't hurt for writers to this newsgroup to read the
group for a while before posting, and learn how to use the word
'question'.
I'm not sure why you say I'm missing that point, when I made it in
this very thread 5 days ago:
| In Indian English, "doubt" is often used as a synonym for "question".
| In dialects of English outside India, "doubt" has a connotation of
| disbelief.
|
| Non-Indian readers need to understand this. Indian posters should, I
| suggest, try to use the word "question" rather than "doubt" when
| posting in international forums like this one to avoid confusion.
I didn't reiterate the second part because it wasn't relevant to what
I was responding to.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) <kst-u@xxxxxxx>
Nokia
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-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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