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Conference thebay::joyoflex

Title:	The Joy of Lex
Notice:	A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:	THEBAY::SYSTEM

Created:	Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1192
Total number of notes:	42769

663.0. "Labelled as what it isn't" by EVETPU::CANTOR (This is not all rock and roll, dude.) Fri May 05 1989 06:20

Inspired by 659.11

Ah yes, reference cards.  I've seen multi-page booklets entitled "mumble
Reference Card".   I guess this is a case of an item being labelled
something it isn't.   It seems like 'reference card' has almost become
a name for something that serves a particular reference function, rather
than just for a card that is used for reference.  I've seen pocket
reference guides too big to fit into any pocket I've ever seen.

Another thing labelled something it is not, though in a different sense,
is a door through which someone wishes that you do not pass.  It might have
a sign stating "Not a door."

Dave C.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
663.1	handbook	MARVIN::KNOWLES	Running old protocol	`Fri May 05 1989 15:45`	10
	`Handbook' is my least favourite. I've seen self-styled `handbooks' that you'd need a fork-lift truck to move. But that doesn't mean I want to see `reference' adopted in British English with the meaning `source of reference material'. I'll happily put the single word `reference' on the cover of a reference manual. But to me the book will still be a reference manual (to which there may be references). b
663.2	'manual' vs 'automatic'?	MARVIN::MACHIN		`Fri May 05 1989 18:26`	5
	Bob -- I'm waiting for you to nit out the subtle difference between 'manual' and 'handbook'... Richard.
663.3		EAGLE1::EGGERS	Anybody can fly with an engine.	`Sat May 06 1989 14:46`	3
	Re: .2 I don't know anybody named "handbook".
663.4		BLAS03::FORBES	Bill Forbes - LDP Engrng	`Sun May 07 1989 01:59`	6
	Re: <<< Note 663.3 by EAGLE1::EGGERS "Anybody can fly with an engine." >>> You must be alluding to the famous Mexican peon, later a great leader of organized labor in his country, Manual Trabajo. Bill
663.5	To continue...	AYOV27::ISMITH	The fastest way is by Trism!	`Mon May 08 1989 12:13`	5
	When I am watching golf on the telly I often think that Severiano Ballesteros should be called Automatic Ballesteros, because of the way his brother is oft referred to as Manual. Ian.
663.6	What did ancient romans call a fork-lift truck?	MARVIN::KNOWLES	Running old protocol	`Mon May 08 1989 12:52`	17
	Re .2 Etymologically, little difference; most English-speaking people would know that `man-' and `hand' had a lot in common. But things have come on quite a bit since some monk referred to a handbook as a `liber manualis' [or whatever the adjective is], and a `manual' nowadays (a book, that is) strikes me as being potentially (and probably) weightier. I think that's how Corporate User Publications see it too. Re .5 Strange. I'd noticed that about Manual Ballesteros too - hadn't got as far as thinking of el autom�tico though. b
663.7		GAOV08::DKEATING	You Can Observe A Lot By Watching !	`Mon May 08 1989 13:19`	2
	Sevvy aught to be called crank-start cos he always moaning about one thing or another!!!
663.8	you've got to hand it to him	VOGON::MURRAY		`Fri May 26 1989 20:28`	3
	I once heard a salesman waffling to a prospect about a small machine. He assured the customer it would work even if the electricty failed since it had a manual pedal.
663.9	How To ...	DRUMS::FEHSKENS		`Thu Jun 15 1989 20:34`	4
	This all reminds me of the famous Victor Emanuel's Victory Manual. len.