On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 07:18 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > Wolfe was saying that the first response was begging the question, so > he'd try again to get the information he wanted by rephrasing his > question. And I'm used to seeing "begging the question" in a different context. Someone makes some remark. Another responds with "begs the question." Meaning that the first person's statement has virtually demanded that you ask the obvious question about it, rather than let it go unchallenged. And the "begs the question" gets the question answered, without you actually saying the question. Anyway... In any forum, or even meeting, it's a bad idea to start using idioms that are not going to be understood in exactly the same way by all the participants, instead of just using everyday language. It can be hard enough doing so in a room of people that work together daily, never mind with an international audience. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
