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Message-ID: <653402b90610021440h2e416394r55227ce5e7eb6171@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 23:40:41 +0200 From: "Miguel Ojeda" <maxextreme@...il.com> To: andrew.j.wade@...il.com Cc: akpm@...l.org, "Stefan Richter" <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>, "Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V7] drivers: add lcd display support On 10/2/06, Andrew James Wade <andrew.j.wade@...il.com> wrote: > On Sunday 01 October 2006 08:53, Miguel Ojeda wrote: > > Sure it is wrong, the point is what is the best to understading. "LCD > > display" seems better to me than just "LC display". > > To me too. Acronyms tend to be treated as opaque tokens in English: > their expansions tend not be be well known and don't really interact > with their usage. "LCD display" is fine, and is clearer than both > "LCD" or "liquid crystal display". (Some users won't know that a > "liquid crystal display" is what they know as an "LCD display"). > > Andrew Wade > I agree. As I said, in other languages is also common to use "LCD" as a adjective, not as a noun. Andrew, can you tell me how should I name it? So I will be able to change it (if apply) and send the V8 patch. I wish V8 will be the final patch... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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