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Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 23:40:41 +0200
From: "Miguel Ojeda" <maxextreme@gmail.com>
To: andrew.j.wade@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V7] drivers: add lcd display support
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On 10/2/06, Andrew James Wade <andrew.j.wade@gmail.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...
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