Re: Re: implementing emeritus

From: "Lukas Smith" <smith@backendmedia.com> > Daniel Convissor wrote: > Well I also dont think we had an agreement on this. I also think that > the name is problematic. I mean we just agreed that using WS and BC is > confusing to developers. I am sure that way more developers have a > problem with the word I cannot even spell. There are more than enough things developers can't spell -- before they become developers. Since this (hopefully) will not be too commonly used, I don't think that being an uncommon word for non-native speakers of English should be a problem. Especially as it is used quite widely even in German. (There is no other acceptable English description for retired professors.) http://dict.leo.org/?search=emeritus&searchLoc=0&relink=on&spellToler=standard&sectHdr=on&tableBorder=1&cmpType=relaxed&lang=en See the following link for real life usage: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/math/people/index.html http://www.germanistik.uni-freiburg.de/ds1/persds1.php (> Emeriti) Klaus