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Subject:Re[2]: Speaking of Improper Terminology From:Scott Miller <scott_miller -at- CCMAIL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:43:58 -0800
Dictionary definitions are not the point. "Master/slave" has obvious negative
connotations, and I wouldn't use it no matter how correct it is. Same for
"abort."
- Scott_Miller -at- ccmail -dot- com
>Referring to the question of "master" and "slave" are inappropriate terms,
>Don Timmerman wrote:
>Why? The use of master and slave as quoted below fits the definitions
>provided by my 1993 Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, tenth
>edition.
>Could you expand ever so slightly, Don? Quote the relevant part of the
>definition, perhaps
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