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- From: pandeng@telepath.com (Steve Schafer)
- To: <xml-dev@ic.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 21:24:44 GMT
On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 11:37:10 -0800, "Don Park" <donpark@docuverse.com>
wrote:
>"Why isn't there namespaces in normal languages like English?"
There are most certainly namespaces in English. _Every_ trade and
profession has its own terminology and jargon, which uses the same
words used elsewhere but which have very context-specific
interpretations.
Even when you restrict yourself to casual conversation, a milkshake in
Boston is a very different thing from a milkshake in Los Angeles. In a
London pub, a man might ask a woman who was getting up to leave, "Mind
if I pinch your seat?" Saying the same thing in New York might result
in him ending up on the floor.
-Steve Schafer
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