Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Maybe, but 'we can't provide logical rules for names acquired over a millennium ago' seems like a poor reason to say 'therefore we shouldn't apply consistent rules to recent conventions'.

Someone asked about physic ... well people used to use physick in [late medieval?] British English... but that's for what we might call medicine now.



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: