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 :-). ** ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** ** Geert K. Marien : [log in to unmask] (Bitnet: GKMQC@PUCC) ** ** ListOwner: AIRLINE, NODEINFO, RAILROAD, STAMPS, The INDIA List ** ** (All contents are my own opinions - unless otherwise stated) ** ** ------------------------------------------------------------------ **