On 30/10/06, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Mike Maxwell wrote: > > That's not what I said, go back and re-read. Wait, I'll save you the > > trouble: I said that 99% of the words we know--not 99% of the people > > who know words--are our definitions that we infer from usage, rather > > than from looking them up. > > > > The second thing that shows me that you can't read, is that I also did > > not suggest changing terminology. I suggested changing a message. > > And the change is away from a non-standard usage (in the Windows > > world) to a standard usage ("restart Windows"). > > > > As for my guesstimate, I am a linguist, and it is standard knowledge > > among linguists that most of the vocabulary we use (in our first > > language--second language learning is often different) is not from > > looking definitions up in dictionaries. > It's still a number you've pulled from your ask thus it stinks. Listen > dude - I am often in the Windows world and standard usage in the Windows > world is reboot - trust me! From http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fsupport%2Fglossary%2FR.asp: reboot vb. To restart a computer by reloading the operating system. See also boot2, cold boot, warm boot. :) Chris -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/