Re: ASCII convention

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:00:43 GMT, "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:434F2D6B.307F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:

> Brian M. Scott wrote:

>> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:34:17 GMT, "Peter T. Daniels"
>> <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> <news:434EE0E8.3F40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:

>> [...]

>>> "Browse" means 'wander around in a library pretty much at
>>> random, looking at this or that volume or passage that
>>> strikes the fancy, with no particular goal in mind'.
>>> That's what I assume people are doing when they say
>>> they're "browsing [or surfing] the net."

>> This is not at all a safe assumption: the word is frequently
>> used for purposeful 'browsing'.

> That's an oxymoron. [...]

Not anymore, in this specific context; it doesn't even need
the scare quotes.

Brian
.

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