Sun, 4 Feb 1996 23:16:33 EST
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On Sun, 4 Feb 1996 22:02:12 -0600 Ingrid H. Shafer said:
>Now for a *real* question (so I don't just clutter up everyone's
>Sunday night mailbox): I have a friend (and co-listowner) who insists
>on referring to our list as "this listserv." This bothers and I
>vaguely recall this being mentioned here recently (I meant to write
>"this bothers me"). Does anyone have a good, linguistically sound
>reason for discouraging this habit? It makes about as much sense
>to me as saying "this WordPerfect" when speaking about a document
>produced on WP. Am I being overly sensitive?
Well, I think it's better than "Listserv list", and better than "this
List Processor Electronic Mailing List" :-). Think of it like people
saying "Make me a Xerox of that" when they mean to say "copy on the
Xerox" machine. Brand specification to new heights.
I guess that is why the Haloid company changed it's name to Xerox
... free publicity and reputation.
Bothers me too, but I haven't lost any sleep over it :-).
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