R help - Oct 2015 - [FORGED] Re: How to correct documentation?

On 25/10/15 17:14, John Sorkin wrote:
> Bert Talking about Loglan and problems with the imprecise nature of
> English, which sense of sanction do you mean
>
> to authorize, approve, or allow: an expression now sanctioned by
> educated usage. to ratify or confirm: to sanction a law. to impose a
> sanction on; penalize, especially by way of discipline.

Uh, that was Bert's point I believe.  I.e. he was deliberately striving 
for ambiguity.

cheers,

Rolf

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Yes. Too cute, maybe?

-- Bert
Bert Gunter

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is certainly not wisdom."
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On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 9:57 PM, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>
wrote:
> On 25/10/15 17:14, John Sorkin wrote:
>>
>> Bert Talking about Loglan and problems with the imprecise nature of
>> English, which sense of sanction do you mean
>>
>> to authorize, approve, or allow: an expression now sanctioned by
>> educated usage. to ratify or confirm: to sanction a law. to impose a
>> sanction on; penalize, especially by way of discipline.
>
>
>
> Uh, that was Bert's point I believe.  I.e. he was deliberately striving
for
> ambiguity.
>
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf
>
> --
> Technical Editor ANZJS
> Department of Statistics
> University of Auckland
> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276

> On 25 Oct 2015, at 14:37 , Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 
> Yes. Too cute, maybe?
> 
...as in "charming" or...





Oh.

;-)
pd
> -- Bert
> Bert Gunter
> 
> "Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge
> is certainly not wisdom."
>   -- Clifford Stoll
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 9:57 PM, Rolf Turner <r.turner at
auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>> On 25/10/15 17:14, John Sorkin wrote:
>>> 
>>> Bert Talking about Loglan and problems with the imprecise nature of
>>> English, which sense of sanction do you mean
>>> 
>>> to authorize, approve, or allow: an expression now sanctioned by
>>> educated usage. to ratify or confirm: to sanction a law. to impose
a
>>> sanction on; penalize, especially by way of discipline.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Uh, that was Bert's point I believe.  I.e. he was deliberately
striving for
>> ambiguity.
>> 
>> 
>> cheers,
>> 
>> Rolf
>> 
>> --
>> Technical Editor ANZJS
>> Department of Statistics
>> University of Auckland
>> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
> 
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