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"apps"

AlirozAliroz
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No, you idiots, the word is, "applications", and the singular is, "application".

Do you want me to pronounce only the first syllable of YOUR words or name?

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  • AlirozAliroz
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    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    I don't want to be called Al the Con.
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
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  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    Aliroz said:

    Do you want me to pronounce only the first syllable of YOUR name?

    well... that is traditionally how some names are abbreviated...
  • TatterhoodTatterhood
    Honestly "application" was always kind of a dumb word for this, and non-computer people rarely ever used it, preferring the vague "program". (Computer people, on the other hand, frequently used "app" long before that word exploded in popularity.) So there's not much reason to try and preserve it imo.
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
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    Klinotaxis said:

    Aliroz said:

    Do you want me to pronounce only the first syllable of YOUR name?

    well... that is traditionally how some names are abbreviated...
    Nonono, you see, Alice is abbreviated as Ice. Jonathan is abbreviated as Fan.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I can kinda understand getting annoyed at this tbh

    Because I've seen this bizarre misunderstanding that "apps" are a new thing

    Like when Windows 8 came out, I saw people who were like "I don't want 'apps' on my PC, I want normal programs!!"
  • TreTre
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    Aliroz said:

    Do you want me to pronounce only the first syllable of YOUR words or name?

    ...the first syllable is the only syllable, so yes. Yes, I do.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I would be ok with people calling me Al while I transition, though once I'm full-time girl I'd like to be Alice
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
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    sorry, your name is li now
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Do I at least get to look like this?

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  • CrystalCrystal
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    Central Avenue said:

    I can kinda understand getting annoyed at this tbh


    Because I've seen this bizarre misunderstanding that "apps" are a new thing

    Like when Windows 8 came out, I saw people who were like "I don't want 'apps' on my PC, I want normal programs!!"
    Far as I can tell that's just non-techy people continuing to be that though. Sounds like a bit of conflation really.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
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  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
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    nope. sorry. your new name is wine.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2017-01-26 18:58:37
    Klinotaxis said:

    Aliroz said:

    Do you want me to pronounce only the first syllable of YOUR name?

    well... that is traditionally how some names are abbreviated...
    And then somehow Richard became Dick and José became Pepe.

    As for "apps", I often still call them "programs".  Though some friends I know call them "progs".

    (Incidentally, I might describe them as "computer whizzes", or rather, "computer wizards".)
  • vtkvtk
    embrace the confusion
    I am often called Vid or Mags.

    To me, what's confusing is when restaurants advertise "half price apps".
  • eriophora ziaeriophora zia
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    vtk said:

    I am often called Vid or Mags.

    To me, what's confusing is when restaurants advertise "half price apps".

    Mmmmmm, delicious code. I'd like to take a byte out of that!
  • AnonusAnonus
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    vtk said:

    I am often called Vid or Mags.

    To me, what's confusing is when restaurants advertise "half price apps".

    wasn't it Applebee's that started that?
  • vtkvtk
    embrace the confusion
    Anonus said:

    vtk said:

    I am often called Vid or Mags.

    To me, what's confusing is when restaurants advertise "half price apps".

    wasn't it Applebee's that started that?
    Maybe they're the only one who does it. I don't pay that close attention to whose advertisements they are.
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