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Re: "guy-oriented" programming methodology Re: [FWP] another word for object?

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Subject: Re: "guy-oriented" programming methodology Re: [FWP] another word for object?
From: John Porter <jdporter@min.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:53:04 -0400
In-Reply-To: <39B56FA4.41B657C7@kasey.umkc.edu>; from david@kasey.umkc.edu on Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 05:11:48PM -0500
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David L. Nicol wrote:
> Ulf Rompe wrote:
> 
> > What about "Dings" or even "Dingens", which could be translated to
> > "thingy". 
> 
> I took a course from a Chinese graduate student who did not speak English
> very well, she used "guy" like it meant "thing"
> 
> this confused me until I saw an American giving a presentation and referring
> to the lines on his drawing as guys.

O.k, how bout "sweet thing".  Or "purty little thang".  Or just "thang".  [ducks]

Or "number".  No, that's in use...

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John Porter

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