On Sun, 4 Feb 1996 22:02:12 -0600, "Ingrid H. Shafer" wrote: >Now for a
*real* question (so I don't just clutter up everyone's
>I have a friend (and co-listowner) who insists
>on referring to our list as "this listserv."  This bothers me...
>Does anyone have a good, linguistically sound
>reason for discouraging this habit?
 
In the context of LSTOWN-L I take "this listserv" to mean the server at
SEARN.SUNET.SE and NOT the list owners list (I'd refer to it as "this
list").  A way of discouraging muddled communication is to reply to it's
literal meaning (and WHO is on first anyway! :-)
 
On Mon, 5 Feb 1996 08:00:32 -0400, Robert Ponterio wrote:
>for some
>reason "listserv" (with or without an "e") seems to have become the word
>that most people use for "electronic mail distribution list".
 
Time for L-Soft to roll out the lawyers before their tradename becomes
generic (the way Aspirin did and Jell-O and Kleenex threaten to).
 
/s Murphy A. Sewall <[log in to unmask]> (860) 486-2489 voice
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