From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
To: "Michal Suchánek" <msuchanek@suse.de>,
"Felipe Contreras" <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: Varun Varada <varuncvarada@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: replace jargon word "impact" with "effect"/"affect"
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 22:09:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <609b47043a719_678ff208e@natae.notmuch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210511195723.GL12700@kitsune.suse.cz>
Michal Suchánek wrote:
> On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 02:21:43PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> > Michal Suchánek wrote:
> > > If you are concerned about correctness and clarity of the documentation please
> > > avoid spreading misinformation.
> >
> > Under certain definition of "jaron" Varun's statement would be
> > incorrect, but not under all definitions. If you use the definition
> > I stated above, "impact" can be considered jargon, because it's a bit
> > obscure language.
>
> Do you have any frequency data that supports your claim that the word
> 'impact' is obscure?
This is not how logic works.
If I don't have frequency data that supports $x, but you have no
frequency data that supports !$x, then we return to the default position;
we don't know if $x is true or not.
Do **you** have any frequency data that supports the negative claim that
the word "impact" is not obscure?
> The bar for change should be that the word as used is very unfitting or
> unintelligible.
No. The bar is that **nobody** have any problem with "affect", and some
people have a problem with "impact".
Do you have any problem with "affect"?
--
Felipe Contreras
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-12 3:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-05 21:48 [PATCH] doc: replace jargon word "impact" with "effect"/"affect" Varun Varada
2021-04-06 9:24 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-04-06 19:36 ` Varun Varada
2021-04-06 23:01 ` Jeff King
2021-04-07 0:06 ` Varun Varada
2021-04-28 0:39 ` Varun Varada
2021-04-28 8:58 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-04-28 18:15 ` Varun Varada
2021-04-28 18:49 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-04-30 1:51 ` Varun Varada
2021-04-30 7:59 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-10 17:19 ` Varun Varada
2021-05-10 17:35 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-10 18:37 ` Varun Varada
2021-05-11 10:43 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-11 13:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-12 3:02 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 2:59 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 2:48 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 2:38 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 2:34 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 2:24 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-11 19:59 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-11 20:25 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-11 21:38 ` Varun Varada
2021-05-12 3:43 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 4:09 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-12 5:13 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 6:47 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-12 9:06 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 10:08 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-12 10:33 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-12 11:05 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 11:20 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-12 11:45 ` Robert P. J. Day
2021-05-12 15:19 ` Kerry, Richard
2021-05-12 16:47 ` Varun Varada
2021-05-12 17:01 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-12 17:32 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 18:04 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-12 19:42 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-13 7:46 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-13 8:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-13 8:55 ` Robert Coup
2021-05-13 9:48 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-13 9:59 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-26 23:49 ` Varun Varada
2021-05-27 11:46 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-27 14:08 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-27 14:35 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-27 16:43 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-12 23:13 ` Varun Varada
2021-06-13 11:40 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-06-13 14:06 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-13 16:28 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-06-13 17:12 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 22:52 ` Varun Varada
2021-05-13 6:19 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 3:21 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-11 19:21 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-11 19:57 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-12 3:09 ` Felipe Contreras [this message]
2021-05-12 4:11 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-05-12 5:22 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 16:39 ` Varun Varada
2021-05-13 10:40 ` Philip Oakley
2021-05-26 23:52 ` Varun Varada
2021-05-27 11:20 ` Philip Oakley
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