RE: #36983 [Bgs] (Meaning of "Bogus")

On 05 April 2006 21:22, crisp at tweakers dot net wrote: > ID: 36983 > User updated by: crisp at tweakers dot net > Reported By: crisp at tweakers dot net > Status: Bogus > > That last remark is taking my well-meant criticism to the extreme; > surely you will know that that was not what I meant. > 'bogus' has a negative ring to it - at least it does for me as a > non-native English-speaking person. Redirecting this to internals@ as I want to comment but don't think the public bugs forum is appropriate. As an English-native English speaker, I've long been dissatisfied with the "Bogus" status. To me, "bogus" means false, fake, fraudulent, made-up with intent to deceive; I've come to understand that it is not so strongly negative in American English, but nonetheless it still jars every time I see it. As an international project, should PHP not strongly consider changing something that has such bad connotations for a significant part of the English-speaking community? Even if you (we) avoid offending only a handful of people, is that not a worthwhile payback? Not sure what you'd use as a replacement -- "Not PHP Bug" sounds good, but doesn't really work for submissions currently bogussed for being duplicates. Thoughts? Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm