In the world of accessible web applications, internationalization is the process of providing multiple language interfaces. The short version of the word, i18n, refers to the eighteen letters between the initial "I" and the final "N".
When crewing on a small (or even large, I suppose) sailboat, the act of hiking is using the weight of the crew as movable ballast to offset the heeling of the craft.
zanshin commented on the word briss
See also putz and schmuck
Dec 29, 2006
zanshin commented on the word internationalization
In the world of accessible web applications, internationalization is the process of providing multiple language interfaces. The short version of the word, i18n, refers to the eighteen letters between the initial "I" and the final "N".
Dec 29, 2006
zanshin commented on the word hike
When crewing on a small (or even large, I suppose) sailboat, the act of hiking is using the weight of the crew as movable ballast to offset the heeling of the craft.
Dec 15, 2006
zanshin commented on the word breach
"Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more, or fill the wall up with our English dead." ~ Henry V
Dec 15, 2006
zanshin commented on the word dwindle
The West Wing dialogue is where I learned it.
Dec 12, 2006
zanshin commented on the word petechial
Am I the only one who learned this word from CSI?
Dec 12, 2006
zanshin commented on the word virga
A term for rain that doesn't reach the ground
Dec 12, 2006
zanshin commented on the word wally
As in, what a wally
Dec 12, 2006
zanshin commented on the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
My 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Davis, taught us pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis as an exercise in memorization. She's also the one who taught me ghoti as a phonetic spelling for fish.
Dec 12, 2006
zanshin commented on the word dwindle
There are only three words in the English language (I believe) that start with dw. Dwindle is but one.
Dec 12, 2006
zanshin commented on the word dwarf
There are only three words in the English language (I believe) that start with dw. Dwarf is but one.
Dec 12, 2006
zanshin commented on the word dwell
There are only three words in the English language (I believe) that start with dw. Dwell is but one.
Dec 12, 2006
zanshin commented on the word infamy
You can hear the "Date of Infamy" speech given by FDR on American Rhetoric
Dec 7, 2006