I don't think she meant what does "Ec" mean, Ray is one of the most active
contributors on the mailing lists (second only to Brion, I believe) so she
would have many other chances over the years to ask him that. ;-) (Also,
what he was writing about was a cultural reference, so it isn't a surprise
that an international user might not get it ;-).)
However, I always assumed "Ec" was referring to the first two letters of his
username: <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Eclecticology>. (I know,
before I knew his username I was always like "who *is* this guy?!")
On 10/29/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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I may be mistaken but I think what Florence was asking is what "Ec" means?
Something I too would like to know :)
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On 28/10/2007, Ray Saintonge
<saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
Florence Devouard wrote:
> Ray Saintonge wrote:
>
>> Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>>
>>> "Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses"
>>>
>>> The real situation would have been no different had a message from
Sue
>>> or the board. Had the pitchforks
come out they would have backed
down.
>>> Or the change could have just been
made without notice. In both
cases
>>> the community will have ultimately
decided this one as well.
>>>
>>> If it will make people happier, next time I decided to take
initiative
> on a fairly clear cut matter I will make that that
I find a watery
> tart to throw a sword at me first. ;)
>
I trust that "watery tart" was not intended as a sexist comment. ;-)
what does that mean Ec ?
It means first that I botched Greg's allusion
to "Monty Python and the
Holy Grail" See
http://arago4.tnw.utwente.nl/stonedead/movies/holy-grail/scene-03.html
for the context.
A tart is a mostly British term for a prostitute, and in the Monty
Python skit the reference was to the Lady of the Lake who rose up from
the water to give King Arthur his sword. In the skit a peasant
challenges this as an inappropriate means of choosing a leader.
Ec
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