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On 02/01/2018 11:50 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> etc is from the Latin et cetera, meaning "I couldn't be bothered thinking |
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> of any more". |
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~chuckle~ |
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IMHO that makes the name of the "/etc" directory all that much more |
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entertaining. As in Dennis R. and Ken T. couldn't be bothered to come |
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up with more directory names than they had, e.g. /bin /lib /boot /var … |
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(I can't be bothered to think of or look for more.) |
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Yes, the puns are intended. }:-) |
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P.S. I find this thread interesting and timely as I had been thinking |
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about researching the etymology and use of "i.e.". |
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Grant. . . . |
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