Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:59:55 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: mailing list for trace users |
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* John Kacur <jkacur@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yikes - Ingo, I don't want to spawn a long thread here about what to > > call the list, but as a native English speaker, I think that > > "linux-trace-users" sounds much nicer than "linux-tracing-users". > > > > Perhaps, trace is an adjective describing the kind of users, in any > > case, it doesn't sound like "one trace" - so, could we go this one? > > (if you insist on linux-tracing then you have to drop the word > > "users") > > > > John > > > > That's funny, boast about my credentials as a native English speaker, > and then make a mistake. > > s/go this one/go with this one
I hope you are right about linux-trace-users sounding better to native speakers than linux-tracing-users - because it sure sounds awful to me :-)
Any other English native speakers with an opinion one way or another?
Ingo
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