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Re: cygwin 1.7.8 + 3/18/11 snapshot + git = crash
- From: Charles Wilson <cygwin at cwilson dot fastmail dot fm>
- To: cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:46:03 -0400
- Subject: Re: cygwin 1.7.8 + 3/18/11 snapshot + git = crash
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- Reply-to: Charles Wilson <cygwin at cwilson dot fastmail dot fm>
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On 3/23/2011 12:32 PM, David Sastre wrote:
> 2011/3/23, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:24:07AM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote:
>>> Even with marco's smiley, I suspect legitimate confusion, not snark.
>>
>> Actually, it was confirmed that it actually was "snark" (man, I hate
>> that word) in cygwin-talk. And, that's where further discussion should
>> take place.
Sorry for the inappropriate reply on the main list (also, I should have
thought to look on -talk anyway.)
> My only reference for that word comes from Lewis Carrol's "The Hunting
> Of The Snark".
> Seems unrelated, though...
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=snark&searchmode=none
only shows the Carrol reference, but the Urban Dictionary says it is a
combination of the words "snide" and "remark"
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snark
Even though I knew what the word meant, to the point of using it in my
post, but I couldn't figure out the etymology -- it's obviously not part
of the Queen's English -- until I saw the urban dictionary
explanation... Funny what you /think/ you know, but don't, really.
--
Chuck