On Thursday, December 08, 2011 09:43 PM Dirk Gently wrote:
Dennis Gallien wrote:
On Thursday, December 08, 2011 09:18 PM Dirk Gently wrote:
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That begs the question, does openSUSE want the *same* users as Ubuntu?
Bzzzt!
That BEGETS the question. (i.e. it leads to the question).
Begging the question is a logical fallacy in which you assume the conclusion to prove the conclusion (I.e. "This holy book is true because it says so." THAT is begging the question).
I stand corrected and humbled. (Extra embarassment: My wife is a writer and editor; if she had seen that I'd have had a lot worse done to me than getting humbled.) :)
My primary purpose for posting was so that non-native English speakers wouldn't start adopting this recent and horrible locution which is spreading through this country (USA).
So Dirk, I finally found the website just for you (or perhaps you authored): http://begthequestion.info/ To the non-native English speakers fearing this horrible spreading locution expidemic - and the correction was indubatably accurate - click on the link and as you will see, help is on the way. :) Be sure to also check the FAQ page for how to obtain BTQ shirts and mugs for that native-English speaking "pedantic linguistic curmudgeon" in your life. --dg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org