Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751040AbWJBStS (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:49:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751053AbWJBStS (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:49:18 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com ([64.233.162.197]:6268 "EHLO nz-out-0102.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751036AbWJBStR (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:49:17 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id:from; b=UB0D3Jh4rN//p7WiL4DacaduByI2uhQQl8G8XGwdpo/jbYKPGUicFKhXuhbWSl+pk0RYoJk061nswFmr4AFZNz4DcqkAhJiL2+vpRQKVQN0C1W9F2vrww2xIRGP1j4Id+G1+/ilLPRl5eBrzl/zu1z+ASypv5hP6qErx+Ku7Lkw= Reply-To: andrew.j.wade@gmail.com To: "Miguel Ojeda" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V7] drivers: add lcd display support Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:49:07 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Cc: akpm@osdl.org, "Stefan Richter" , "Randy Dunlap" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060930232445.59e8adf6.maxextreme@gmail.com> <653402b90610010553p23819d2bsd7a07fabaee7ecf3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <653402b90610010553p23819d2bsd7a07fabaee7ecf3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200610021449.08640.ajwade@cpe001346162bf9-cm0011ae8cd564.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com> From: Andrew James Wade Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 770 Lines: 16 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/