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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: "Various Services" -> "Miscellaneous Services"
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:31:37 +0200
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John Darrington writes:

> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 01:28:01PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
>      John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
>      
>      > * doc/guix.texi (Services): "Various" -> "Miscellaneous"
>      
>      How does the meaning of these two words differ?  (I???m not a native
>      speaker, so I???m curious.)
>
> It is a subtle nuance.
>
> What I understand from "Various Services" is "A group of services which I chose arbitrarily".
> Wheras "Miscellaneous Services" means to me: "Services which don't fit into any of the
> hitherto mentioned categories".

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