The Loony Bin
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Sun, 29 Dec 1996 05:08:52 +0000
Hiya Loonies...
Here's hoping everyone had the best Christmas...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------
The Americans seem to have a knack for naming, mainly technical objects
and systems, with very descriptive jargon/buzz words.
Us Brits' on the other hand, aren't quite so imaginative.
For example the Yanks called it WINDOWS,
If we'd got our way we probably would have called it a...
Variable frames accommodating visually descriptive applications embedded
in a graphical user interface
...and the MOUSE probably would be referred to as a...
Pointer situation revision peripheral
-STICKYKEYS-
Funtion key operation prolongation system
-CLIPBOARD-
Transient data cache domain
-DOS-PROMPT-
Disk Operating System command entry commencement signal
-WYSIWYG-
Visual interpretation of editing environment comparable to output of
paper reproduction system