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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
Okay, this almost works.
I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 4:07 PM, September 22, 2011
Barry Leiba had this to say...
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At 4:15 PM, September 22, 2011
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Well, there's lot of "yes and no" here.
Google Chrome is a browser, and it's not surprising to hear people call it "Google", even if most call it "Chrome".
You need a browser to get to your email if you use webmail, which many people do (people who use Gmail, Yahoo! mail, Hotmail, and so on... and my ISP's email and my hosting service's email both have webmail access also).
Her questions in the two panels don't really make sense together. First she asks what browser, then she asks how they're connected to the Internet... but she asks it as though it's another way to ask the former question. It usually isn't.
And "How do you connect to the Internet?" has a number of answers, depending upon what you're really asking. It can, indeed, be asking about the browser ("What program do you use to access your email on the Internet?"), though I wouldn't ask it that way if so. It can be asking how your laptop connects ("WiFi", wireless network, wired network, whatever). It can be asking what device is next in line ("Through that wireless router over there."). It can be asking how your house connect to the ISP ("Through a cable modem."). It can be asking which ISP you use.
It's all so complicated!
Ah, but if Chrome was the answer, the annoying (and she is annoying) daughter would be wrong!
My real point was yours, when you said "Her questions in the two panels don't really make sense together. First she asks what browser, then she asks how they're connected to the Internet... but she asks it as though it's another way to ask the former question."
I fully suspect that Gene Weingarten has no idea what those questions actually mean...
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