When thinking about names: what can't be torn down?
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Replying to @nouswaves
It's remarkably hard to create names that don't drift.
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Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua names in software? A class called AbstractNamingFactory might last for a while1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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Replying to @nouswaves
@ollieglass I actually have been thinking for a while about the village I spent my teenage years in. "Benenden". It means "wooden pasture."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@ollieglass My brother expanded: "Cambridge: bridge over the river cam. Oxford: a ford where you herd oxen." Nowadays we aren't so literal.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua not usually. But sometimes...pic.twitter.com/eKfLEJH74N
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Replying to @ollieglass
@ollieglass "Selby Leisure Centre" is a good name. It is a name created for use by common people. The image I guess is meant to poke fun.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@ollieglass I don't see why we poke fun in this. It's mindless to me that we support naming that is just alluding to status.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@ollieglass But I guess it's market driven. We do it because of strong economic competition between land/places/things.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@ollieglass Circling back to the original tweet: I wanted to think about how we know we are naming things well. What makes a name fragile?
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Replying to @nouswaves
@ollieglass Many names have had their meanings drift: from technology, loss of language, or sometimes cheap transportation despecifies them.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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