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?
 
No, you're absolutely on target.  A Kleenex(r) is a Kleenex(r), but
a mailing list is not a LISTSERV(tm).  Nor is a LISTSERV(tm) server
a LISTSERV(tm).  We'd much rather that people used accurate terminology
because at base, it causes us fewer headaches.  If you tell someone
to send mail to the list, it makes much more sense and causes much
less confusion than if you tell them to send mail to the "listserv".
(Because they're still confused.  "Do I send it to LISTSERV or to
the listserv?")
 
Thanks, Ingrid, for at least <trying> to correct the heathen...:)
 
Nathan