Re: ISO an adjective

On 4/17/07, Andrew Boyd <facibusgmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/17/07, Ziya Oz <listeraearthlink.net> wrote:
> > OK, I'll buy the
"Sleeping-Beauty-with-a-crooked-nose" analogy
then.
> > (Hopefully, the kiss will straighten it, but I
don't know if the prince will
> > ever come by.) Now, if we could just reduce that
to one adjective. 
>
> Can there be anything so sad as a software product in
search of an
> adjective? Can it not be allowed to be perfect in its
imperfection? 

PS: looking at your original problem specification (what do
we call
something that is almost everything but not quite), if I had
to guess
and was free of the constraints of political correctness, I
would have
to use the term "bridesmaid", as in "always
the bridesmaid, never the
bride". Thankfully, that is not a choice I have to
make. 

Best regards, Andrew

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Andrew Boyd:

> "always the bridesmaid, never the bride"

I like that: a 'bridesmaid application."
>From a woman's POV, is being a bridesmaid (always) a
positive thing?

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Andrew Boyd:

> free of the constraints of political correctness

Speaking of wanton PC proclivities, check this out:

³There are so many things that are infuriating about this
lip-service
nonsense that I canıt begin to list them all,² said Ms.
Pfeffer, an
executive with the emerging markets division of Artisan
Partners, an
investment management company.

³But I have to ask this: Why does AA feel that female
travelers need things
explained to them that male travelers donıt? Are we that
dumb? That
inexperienced in the ways of air travel?² she said.

It seems the airlineıs long-planned foray into niche Web
marketing for the
growing number of female travelers, and especially female
business
travelers, has ³hit a nerve,² as Ms. Pfeffer said.

<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/business/17road.html
>

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