From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C3881382C5 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 19:09:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ABA7FE0A5A; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 19:09:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net (tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net [IPv6:2600:3c00::f03c:91ff:fe26:8849]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3DCD0E09E2 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 19:09:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [198.18.18.122] (tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net [8.44.145.194]) (authenticated bits=0) by tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-3) with ESMTPSA id w11J90kj028303 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2018 13:09:03 -0600 ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v0.1.0 tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net w11J90kj028303 Authentication-Results: tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net; arc=none header.d=tnetconsulting.net ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=tnetconsulting.net; s=2015; t=1517512143; cv=none; b=pmxVAVY4spnqasuq7uOLBk+EcSIBEXM01FbvptkFOrdPGnCBFzcZOdGJ8rnX+So33iyUAIVqOx4rZWD79e3cTy9cJQR7+l4IWPChwTf0HGm1v2TgGZBfiS5TbhTB8CefUZKFTjYR3n6anK3gQX4xjKMtWhmdv7MxmzOgRtRVPGk= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=tnetconsulting.net; s=2015; t=1517512143; c=relaxed/simple; bh=uLmdnJKq0z77TaG8C3YSslbr6dGlvSh9XDsN5fuRb2I=; h=DKIM-Signature:Subject:To:From:Message-ID:Date:User-Agent: MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Language: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=W+Fjw5x+yyiGr7BcNdP2p/vbiNVkxuwlWfadhD4yygF0LZGvUa9/8Hafwkd/eEEQbVz1uSTeOIxp02cKJBTsmAjgcIwqx5RvCzYEZKuInRSHR4REawsUJdArnQI1H22h4lIPDcQEe1ygIfEkPedN+Lf+1auLvdzsydOARE9HfHA= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=tnetconsulting.net; s=2015; t=1517512143; bh=uLmdnJKq0z77TaG8C3YSslbr6dGlvSh9XDsN5fuRb2I=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Message-ID:Date:User-Agent: MIME-Version:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Language: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Content-Disposition:Content-Language: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:MIME-Version:References:Reply-To:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Sender:Subject:To:User-Agent; b=zwvXL+B/InhbawieHHp3aGxmYoHO3+Hw8bYtt7MACdvf35O/3uU2HCo4romYFDvkc KiNWI4Kms4wv079fUIwl6zZfQ/rhM99qW8OlImIaI7G/KhbVEUfefO7ZAMQJlyhBWt 0fmDkk5Ts560hl1WlPIhmMrWeOjVQ4ivMX3Qffxk= Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <2979311.yKovLQH099@peak> <20180201184757.GT2030@ca.inter.net> <20180201185037.0ff6f5dd@digimed.co.uk> From: Grant Taylor Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 12:09:00 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.5.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180201185037.0ff6f5dd@digimed.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 55b82712-b4d6-454c-a94d-f602829cf537 X-Archives-Hash: 828a11f703f6fde58676f6ead2599373 On 02/01/2018 11:50 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > etc is from the Latin et cetera, meaning "I couldn't be bothered thinking > of any more". ~chuckle~ IMHO that makes the name of the "/etc" directory all that much more entertaining. As in Dennis R. and Ken T. couldn't be bothered to come up with more directory names than they had, e.g. /bin /lib /boot /var … (I can't be bothered to think of or look for more.) Yes, the puns are intended. }:-) P.S. I find this thread interesting and timely as I had been thinking about researching the etymology and use of "i.e.". -- Grant. . . . unix || die