- From: Shel Kaphan <sjk@amazon.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 07:57:44 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Dave Kristol <dmk@allegra.att.com>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Dave Kristol writes: > Ouch! My teeth hurt from grinding. > > Please, there's no word "genericity". Try "generality". With > apologies to non-native English speakers, if we're going to use English > for the spec., let's at least make it correct English. > > Dave Kristol > Until a few years ago, "generic" was only an adjective. Now even my Webster's admits it is sometimes a noun used to identify non-name-brand over-the-counter medications. The OOP community has been using the (non-)word "genericity" for years. Where do you think new words come from anyway? Somebody has to make them up.
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