Speaking of Windows, Chris, I had the opportunity to use the verb
'defenestrate' the other day - they don't come around too often! A
student jumped out of a classroom window while my back was turned, to
avoid being kept in after class. But in writing the incident report
for the co-ordinator, I was bothered. Did he simply defenestrate,
defenestrate himself, self-defenestrate or auto-defenestrate? You're
the man with the Latin - which is it? And can it be applied sensibly
to someone who has sensibly migrated to Mac?
Oh, and the co-ordinator had to go look it up and I did use the verb
orchestrate in the next sentence, just for dramatic effect.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 01/11/2009, at 6:51 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> :-)
>
> Chris
> On 29 Oct 2009, at 21:33, Moose wrote:
>
>> Chris Barker wrote:
>>> Thanks, Paul, but that's Winders-only.
>>>
>>
>> Oh, that's right. I forgot about your disability.
>>
>> Winkicon Implied Moose
>
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