🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.society.development
Article #133

Neologisms

#133
From: Kenneth I. Laws
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 17:32
22 lines
1530 bytes
Is there a readily accessibly file of new telecomm words available
somewhere?  I notice that some people in this forum use "email",
others like "e-mail" or "Email".  I like to be cutting-edge
instead of conservative, and I'm sure that "email" will eventually
win as the accepted term.  (The others are essentially abbreviations
for electronic mail, and any such mental expansion is too cumbersome
for a neologism.)  Still, I see "e-mail" preferred in certain
newspapers and news journals.

I likewise favor "online" over "on-line", but have to accept the
hyphen in "off-line" as essential for stumble-free reading.

For jargon-laced discussions, I find "bboard" a perfectly acceptable
word -- whereas "Bboard" or "BBoard" looks rather ugly.  "BBS" is
common and very useful, but I've never been able to read it without
imagining a "British Broadcasting System."  (Sorry if I've just
infected anyone with this virus.)

Surely I'm not the first person to worry about such terms.  Is there
an "approved" set?

					-- Ken Laws
Technical Details
Message-ID: <LAWS.91Jun28103222@sunset.ai.sri.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!brazeau.ucs.ualberta.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!Teknowledge.COM!unix!unix.sri.com!laws

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!brazeau.ucs.ualberta.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!Teknowledge.COM!unix!unix.sri.com!laws
From: laws@ai.sri.com (Kenneth I. Laws)
Newsgroups: comp.society.development
Subject: Neologisms
Message-ID: <LAWS.91Jun28103222@sunset.ai.sri.com>
Date: 28 Jun 91 17:32:22 GMT
Sender: news@unix.SRI.COM
Distribution: comp
Organization: Computists International
Lines: 22