- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:33:57 -0800
- To: Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk> (Ret'd)
- Cc: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>, "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Philip TAYLOR (Ret'd) wrote: > > > > Boris Zbarsky wrote: > >> Odd. I could have sworn that there were people (NOT Maciej, mind >> you, so I'm not sure why you're attacking him on this issue) > > I'm not /attacking/ anybody ! I just felt that to > refer to the idea of "delegating" a definition > to prose (or "relegating" it, for that matter) was > putting a slant on it that was unjustified. If > Maciej had used more neutral language in the first > please, I probably would not even have commented on > his message. To the best of my understanding, "delegate" carries no negative connotation". I meant it roughly in sense 5 from <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/delegate >: "5. to commit (powers, functions, etc.) to another as agent or deputy". It is generally considered a virtue to delegate appropriately, and a vice to delegate inappropriately. I think you may have read a negative connotation into my statement because of the similarity to the word "relegate", which means things such as "to send into exile" or "to assign to a place of insignificance or of oblivion". But "delegate" does not mean anything like that. Regards, Maciej
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