From: Herman Oosthuysen <Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How did the Spelling Police miss this one?
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:44:59 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EA8067B.20108@WirelessNetworksInc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030424150950.GW10374@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
This is getting funnier by the day!
Even the word 'normal' is a religious term. It literally means to be a
good Christian - a Gentleman. Christian seminaries are 'Normal Schools'
and have 'Normal Classes'. Yes, there was a time when I was forced to
attend 'Normal Class' - it didn't help - I became a heathen...
Maybe we should switch to Zen Buddist terminology instead, it is less
violent.
For what it is worth, I grew up with the software term 'normalize'.
'Canonize' seems a bit too strong for my tase.
viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 10:46:06AM -0400, Timothy Miller wrote:
>
>
>>On the other hand, "canonicalize", while strange and new, unambiguously
>>means (b).
>>
>>Is there an already-existing word which means (b)?
>
>
> % webster normalize
> nor-mal-ize \'no[0xC7]r-me-,l[0xF5]^-z\ vt -ized; -iz-ing
> (1865)
> 1: to make conform to or reduce to a norm or standard
> 2: to make normal (as by a transformation of variables)
> 3: to bring or restore (as relations between countries) to a normal
> condition
> -- nor-mal-iz-able \-,l[0xF5]^--ze-bel\ adj
> -- nor-mal-iza-tion \,no[0xC7]r-me-le-'za^--shen\ n
> -
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-24 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-23 13:33 How did the Spelling Police miss this one? Chuck Ebbert
2003-04-23 14:53 ` Steven Cole
2003-04-23 16:02 ` Herman Oosthuysen
2003-04-23 16:10 ` Steven Cole
2003-04-24 3:39 ` Johannes Ruscheinski
2003-04-24 3:53 ` Miles Bader
2003-04-24 4:16 ` Johannes Ruscheinski
2003-04-24 4:34 ` Miles Bader
2003-04-24 19:08 ` Alan Cox
2003-04-24 23:06 ` Herman Oosthuysen
2003-04-27 11:14 ` Kai Henningsen
2003-04-24 4:26 ` Steven Cole
2003-04-24 14:46 ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-24 15:09 ` viro
2003-04-24 15:44 ` Herman Oosthuysen [this message]
2003-04-24 16:06 ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-24 15:47 ` Steven Cole
2003-04-27 11:09 ` Kai Henningsen
2003-04-24 15:55 ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-24 15:33 ` Herman Oosthuysen
2003-04-24 15:57 ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-24 23:25 Chuck Ebbert
2003-04-25 1:39 ` Steven Cole
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