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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



  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-04-05  9:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ 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  9:57             ` Tadeus Prastowo [this message]
2019-04-05 22:33               ` Richard Stallman
2019-04-05 22:48                 ` Drew Adams

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