I was originally saying that it feels to me like there's a diff between the technical terms of physics and those of the humanities. Then it seemed to me like medicine might be somewhere between those two cases.
...so that's all. All this would be speculation (in a good sense), not pronouncements from on high.
So, if anyone feels like playing, great.
Joanna
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On Mar 1, 2012, at 3:30 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
> I don't deny that "pointer" was chosen for its common-language associations; but in IT it means something very specific.
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> And while "hematoma" is not a Greek word -- it is true that science found much of its authority in creating words based on classical roots because the knowledge of those languages used to stand as a guarantee of expertise and authority.
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> So, while I may be somewhat wrong in the particulars, I'm making a larger argument about how technical terms develop.
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Perhaps because I am jumping into this late, and I am too lazy to go back and read everything, I am a bit confused on your point… do you think there is a difference between IT technical terms and medical technical terms? I thought you were comparing technical terms in IT, medicine, etc to technical terms in the humanities? IOW, I do not see where you and Jordan disagree.
—ravi
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