Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Hayes Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Floppies Followup-To: alt.usage.english Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:24:38 +0200 Organization: Khanya Publications Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <10aodt0$1k427$1@dont-email.me> <10ap6o2$1qit3$1@dont-email.me> <1o4aqlx524.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10atvqa$2tidd$20@dont-email.me> <10au48o$2tidd$32@dont-email.me> <10bbakl$2bqhi$1@dont-email.me> <10bcmim$2nb40$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: hayesstw@telkomsa.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 04:23:41 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d35aa2bad0225650faf0ae39f1864628"; logging-data="3618426"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18e9kOMUeRZ3hVYFXSyX1EmcdW8yxyxxkY=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:62FYgmSgjbS8Tc4XsKqaASMHovs= X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 Xref: csiph.com alt.usage.english:1129368 comp.os.linux.misc:75448 On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:27:34 +0200, "Carlos E.R." wrote: >On 2025-09-29 03:15, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >>     Why English usage is in the Header line I do not know but >> a lot us Usenetters are hair-splitters. > >At some point the thread drifted into English language usage, then >drifted again and no one thought to remove that group. The English usage point was the distinction between floppies, minifloppies and microfloppies (sometimes called "stiffies"); and the distinction between disks, discs and diskettes. If follow-ups don't deal with English usage, then remove aue from the follow-ups line, and if they don't relate to Linux, remove colm. It's that simple. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk