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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: andrew.j.wade@gmail.com
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <maxextreme@gmail.com>,
	akpm@osdl.org, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V7] drivers: add lcd display support
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:06:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1159826766.8907.82.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200610021449.08640.ajwade@cpe001346162bf9-cm0011ae8cd564.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com>

Ar Llu, 2006-10-02 am 14:49 -0400, ysgrifennodd Andrew James Wade:
> To me too. Acronyms tend to be treated as opaque tokens in English:
> their expansions tend not be be well known and don't really interact
> with their usage. "LCD display" is fine, and is clearer than both

Speak for yourself. LCD is wrong to my ears. Now "LCD monitor" on the
other hand is a great solution.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-10-02 21:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-09-30 23:24 [PATCH 2.6.18 V7] drivers: add lcd display support Miguel Ojeda Sandonis
2006-10-01 12:53 ` Miguel Ojeda
2006-10-01 13:51   ` Stefan Richter
2006-10-01 14:25     ` Miguel Ojeda
2006-10-01 16:48       ` Stefan Richter
2006-10-01 17:58         ` Miguel Ojeda
2008-04-28 23:36           ` monitordelcd
2006-10-01 16:05     ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-10-01 16:17       ` Andreas Schwab
2006-10-01 17:33         ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-10-01 16:43       ` Randy Dunlap
2006-10-01 17:27         ` Alexander van Heukelum
2006-10-01 17:52           ` Miguel Ojeda
2006-10-01 18:25             ` Alexander van Heukelum
2006-10-01 16:53       ` Stefan Richter
2006-10-02 18:49   ` Andrew James Wade
2006-10-02 21:40     ` Miguel Ojeda
2006-10-03  0:06       ` Andrew James Wade
2006-10-03 12:55         ` Miguel Ojeda
2006-10-03 15:29           ` Randy Dunlap
2006-10-02 22:06     ` Alan Cox [this message]
2006-10-02 21:45       ` Miguel Ojeda

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