From: Tadeus Prastowo <tadeus.prastowo@unitn.it>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>,
emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: modularity, code for yourself and possibly others
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 11:57:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN-HRFa64YhWKb74H9BnkCX2gcH2S+KR_Kd8tJzo5+6gpXmMdA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1hCB0B-0004Ll-7r@fencepost.gnu.org>
On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 12:38 AM Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> The locution "your pet XYZ" is somewhat dismissive and disparaging.
> It means, "The XYZ that you fuss over so much for no objective
> reason."
>
> I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, and it isn't a big deal.
> But since the question has come up, I'd like to make people
> aware of this.
Ah, okay, noted. The meaning really has changed then because I
learned that term a year ago when babysitting using the following
song:
Chubby Cheeks, dimple chin,
Rosy lips, teeth within,
Curly hair, very fair,
Eyes are blue, lovely too,
Teacher’s pet, is that you?
> --
> Dr Richard Stallman
> President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
> Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
--
Best regards,
Tadeus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-05 9:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-29 0:42 modularity, code for yourself and possibly others Emanuel Berg
2019-03-29 10:43 ` Tadeus Prastowo
2019-04-01 22:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2019-04-02 9:42 ` Tadeus Prastowo
2019-04-04 3:20 ` Emanuel Berg
2019-04-04 8:10 ` Tadeus Prastowo
2019-04-04 22:38 ` Richard Stallman
2019-04-05 3:16 ` Emanuel Berg
2019-04-05 22:31 ` Richard Stallman
2019-04-05 9:57 ` Tadeus Prastowo [this message]
2019-04-05 22:33 ` Richard Stallman
2019-04-05 22:48 ` Drew Adams
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