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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts

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MK14:

--- Quote from: paulca on July 21, 2020, 04:38:17 pm ---Would be interesting to share a link on the comments section.  With a suitable (out of context) appetiser quote... just like they do.

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I DON'T know what you are talking about.
Actually yes, I ........   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Do,_I_Do,_I_Do,_I_Do,_I_Do

TimFox:
All I ask is that any replacement technical terms to satisfy the current fashions should be as specific to the technical meaning as were the discarded words that we shove down the memory hole.  I haven’t seen any good replacements for master/slave yet—perhaps we need totally new words instead of repurposed existing words?

Simon:

--- Quote from: MK14 on July 21, 2020, 04:34:21 pm ---
E.g. February has so few days in it. Because past Roman emperors 'stole' the days from it, so their own months could get 30/31 days in it.
E.g. August (Augustus Caesar), which actually was originally suppose to be called 'Sextilis' / 6 or 6th.
But that is a story for another day.

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Oh, pray do tell. What baffles me is that when you study a language beyond learning it you learn the origins of words and usually they had a reason to be created and the word is linked to the thing in history that created it. I thought lefty loonies all went to uni, obviously they ones that did did media studies not linguistics or the few that did linguistics are too scared to speak up.

As I mentioned several 10's of pages ago, the word vagina comes from Latin and means scabbard, the thing you put your sword in if you are a roman soldier. I'm sure you can well imagine what saucy humor between roman soldiers that word came from and today it is part of technical medical language.

MK14:

--- Quote from: themadhippy on July 21, 2020, 03:37:26 pm ---
--- Quote ---I don't know what the word "Conservative" means today
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lying through your teeth,lining your pockets with no regard for  others  and passing the blame onto some else seems to be the uk meaning

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Actually, some of the tricks are quite clever.

If I'm ever asked to change all Master/Slave references somewhere, I can say ..
"No problem, it will be done by 2027**".  ** = See thread about Huawei removal date by UK Gov.

Then do nothing, and hope (in all likelihood) that by 2027, everyone will have forgotten about it, so no action needed.

Simon:

--- Quote from: TimFox on July 21, 2020, 04:50:13 pm ---All I ask is that any replacement technical terms to satisfy the current fashions should be as specific to the technical meaning as were the discarded words that we shove down the memory hole.  I haven’t seen any good replacements for master/slave yet—perhaps we need totally new words instead of repurposed existing words?

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This is what I said many pages back. Each word has a specific meaning and master / slave happen to be the precise ones needed to accurately describe the functions. The only way as you say is to actually invent a new word because all the others have their own nuanced meaning. I don't know..... what's the greek or latin for gagged and beaten by SJW's? I'm sure we can pull a poncy term or two out of that to keep them happy.

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