What's Up With the Use of the Word Codes.
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No one in the programming industry (that I've met) ever says "codes". I bet it's just propogating through ignorance (eg, some 10 year old beginning script kiddie sees "codes" on a newsgroup and thinks that's the right term to use). Actually, language changes often happen that way, such as "affect" vs. "effect" or "insure" vs. "ensure" which are slowly becoming the same thing because so many people mix them up. --Mike-- Actual sign at the laundromat I go to: "No tinting or dying" Like the Google toolbar? Then check out UltraBar, with more features & customizable search engines! My really out-of-date homepage Big fan of Alyson Hannigan and Jamie Salé.
Michael Dunn wrote: such as "affect" vs. "effect" or "insure" vs. "ensure" which are slowly becoming the same thing because so many people mix them up. I can insure you that misuse of words has no affect on the language. By the way, I need to ensure my car, becuase it might effect somebody if I hit them. ;P No generalization is 100% true. Not even this one.
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My fav is when people say, "Visual Basics." Drives me off the wall. Jason Gerard
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I have noticed in the last few years that many people refer to 'codes' instead of 'code' e.g. 'show me your codes' or 'post your codes'.What's up with that? Where did it come from? It disturbs me. Joel
Yes, I've found it mostly with people from Europe (not the Britich Isles) and the eastern bits (middle and far). I'm sure it's just a language thing. It used to bug me too. You get used to it. J
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Yes, I've found it mostly with people from Europe (not the Britich Isles) and the eastern bits (middle and far). I'm sure it's just a language thing. It used to bug me too. You get used to it. J
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I have noticed in the last few years that many people refer to 'codes' instead of 'code' e.g. 'show me your codes' or 'post your codes'.What's up with that? Where did it come from? It disturbs me. Joel
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I first heard it from a young north american web designer so maybe these damn web guys started it. Joel
He or she is just repeating what a non-English speaker stated Cheers, Tom Archer Author, Inside C# Please note that the opinions expressed in this correspondence do not necessarily reflect the views of the author.
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My fav is when people say, "Visual Basics." Drives me off the wall. Jason Gerard
Mine was when the school secretary always used to say over the speaker system: "Please bring your monies as soon as possible..." - Jason (SonorkID 100.611) "The sort of guy who'd give the kid an extra scoop of ice cream free if he was an ice-cream man" - Nish, on Chris Maunder
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Probably more euro-slang!
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all your codes are belong to us Regards Thomas Finally with Sonork id: 100.10453 Thömmi
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I have noticed in the last few years that many people refer to 'codes' instead of 'code' e.g. 'show me your codes' or 'post your codes'.What's up with that? Where did it come from? It disturbs me. Joel
It probably comes from 1337-speak, "c0d3z" or something. Simon Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586? A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605. Sonork ID 100.10024
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Michael Dunn wrote: such as "affect" vs. "effect" or "insure" vs. "ensure" which are slowly becoming the same thing because so many people mix them up. I can insure you that misuse of words has no affect on the language. By the way, I need to ensure my car, becuase it might effect somebody if I hit them. ;P No generalization is 100% true. Not even this one.
LOL :) --Mike-- Actual sign at the laundromat I go to: "No tinting or dying" Like the Google toolbar? Then check out UltraBar, with more features & customizable search engines! My really out-of-date homepage Big fan of Alyson Hannigan and Jamie Salé.
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I have noticed in the last few years that many people refer to 'codes' instead of 'code' e.g. 'show me your codes' or 'post your codes'.What's up with that? Where did it come from? It disturbs me. Joel
The same goes for "maths." If I have a set of equations, I can show someone the "math," not the "maths." Maybe it started with someone who just likes 's'es. Dave "You can say that again." -- Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
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The same goes for "maths." If I have a set of equations, I can show someone the "math," not the "maths." Maybe it started with someone who just likes 's'es. Dave "You can say that again." -- Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
But it's a little different. Maths is short for mathematics, codes is not an abbreviation. I don't know where you are from but we used to have 'Maths' lessons (i'm from England) but here in the US, where I now live, it is called 'Math'. Now it is hard for me to say 'Maths'. Joel
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Mine was when the school secretary always used to say over the speaker system: "Please bring your monies as soon as possible..." - Jason (SonorkID 100.611) "The sort of guy who'd give the kid an extra scoop of ice cream free if he was an ice-cream man" - Nish, on Chris Maunder
Jason Hooper wrote: "Please bring your monies as soon as possible..." It sounds kinda funny, but it actually makes sense to me. Since "you" refers to multiple people (plural) and monies is the plural of money, then it's correct. Regards, Alvaro Kinda hard to sign my name without anything to write with. Oh well.
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My fav is when people say, "Visual Basics." Drives me off the wall. Jason Gerard
I hate when people say "32 bits" as in "32 bits Operating system". Drives me nuts. -- Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket?
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I have noticed in the last few years that many people refer to 'codes' instead of 'code' e.g. 'show me your codes' or 'post your codes'.What's up with that? Where did it come from? It disturbs me. Joel
CNN (and other clueless media :() are likely to blame for that. "Thieves stole the computer codes to parts of Microsoft's Windows operating system...". Sheeeesh... /ravi "There is always one more bug..." http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com
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Michael Dunn wrote: such as "affect" vs. "effect" or "insure" vs. "ensure" which are slowly becoming the same thing because so many people mix them up. I can insure you that misuse of words has no affect on the language. By the way, I need to ensure my car, becuase it might effect somebody if I hit them. ;P No generalization is 100% true. Not even this one.
Navin wrote: I can insure you that misuse of words has no affect on the language. By the way, I need to ensure my car, becuase it might effect somebody if I hit them. I hear you can loose a lot of money that way. (lose vs. loose is high on my pet hates list :mad: Who started it? It's wrong! Completely wrong! Stop it!)
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