Posted by Els on 09/28/05 20:55

Travis Newbury wrote:

> Els wrote:
>> I still wouldn't say 'always' if I meant 98% of the time.
>> I'd say something weird like 'almost always', or 'virtually always'.
>
> Yea, I would too, but you have to agree

I *have to* ? ;-)

> that sometimes the true meaning
> of a word, and the context it is used are many times different.

Sure. Not disagreeing with that.

> Another example "HTML programming" Yes we all know HTML is not a
> programming language,

There's always (no, not always) someone to comment on that though.

> but when someone says "I programmed a webpag", we
> all really know what he/she is saying.

We *all* know? Or rather most of us? :P

>> <nitpick> Isn't it verbatim with an 'i'? </> ;-)
>
> Only for the Dutch...

Except it's not Dutch...

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