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Re: [Groff] Inappropriate info page!
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Groff] Inappropriate info page! |
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Thu, 12 Jan 2017 07:17:05 +0100 (CET) |
>> Oh. I would have never expected that Larry Kollar's satirical
>> remark would be taken literally. Well, today people probably need
>> `humour on/off' signs... Note that Larry is from the US, as far as
>> I know :-)
>
> I am, but I honestly think it was there when I rewrote the info doc,
> and I shrugged and let it stand.
OK, then it was written by another native US citizen, namely Trent
A. Fisher :-)
> It’s not the kind of wording I’d have used in any case. I’d have
> said “outmoded” instead of “antiquated,” and would have probably
> made a comment about crappy beer instead of cheap computers, which
> (thanks to the surge of microbreweries) would be rather dated
> nowadays.
:-)
Werner