note 46519 added to language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim

Just a little fun note about the term "Pa'ama'im Nekudota'im". As a person who originated, and still lives in Israel (land of the Hebrew language), I wanted to explain to everyone what "Pa'ama'im Nekudota'im" means. "Nekudota'im", is the Hebrew term for a colon. "Nekudota'im" is a combination of two words... "Neukda", which means "dot"... and "Shta'im" (female form of "Shna'im"), which means "two". Thus, "Nekudota'im" means two dots, and that's why in Hebrew it is used for the colon sign. "Pa'ama'im", is also a combination of two words. "Pa'am", which means "a time", and again, the postfix originating from "Shtai'm". So "Pa'ama'im" means "two times", or "twice". We can conclude this, by saying that the expression "Pa'ama'im Nekudota'im" means two times a pair of dots, or a pair of colons, which makes the expression totally legable for calling such an operator. :) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+46519 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46519&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46519&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46519&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46519&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46519&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46519&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+46519&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php