Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 23:39:13 -0800 From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en/gnome/docs porting.sgml Message-ID: <20021208073913.GA6792@HAL9000.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20021208071006.GB25101@vectors.cx> References: <200212080659.gB86xiv0045914@repoman.freebsd.org> <20021208071006.GB25101@vectors.cx>
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Thus spake Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.ORG>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > >> (12.07.2002 @ 2259 PST): Adam Weinberger said, in 0.6K: << > > * Fix grammar nits > > * Fix spelling nits > >> end of "cvs commit: www/en/gnome/docs porting.sgml" from Adam Weinberger << > > What is a "nit"? According to 'dict nit', a nit is: > > * a type of grass > * a measure of luminance > * larvae of a parasite > > The best extrapolation I can come up with is for the third > interpretation, as "a little something that sucks." I think the definition you want comes to us via `nit-picking', which is what you do when you pick insect eggs out of hair or a sweater. It also came to mean concerning one's self with minutiae; thus, `nits' refer to the details themselves. By the way, the line before your sig should be '-- ', not '- --'. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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