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From: Gareths Downstairs Computer
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:25

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On 12/07/2018 22:22, Huge wrote:
> On 2018-07-12, Questor <usenet@only.tnx> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:27:47 -0700 (PDT), jesse.j...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> According to dictionary.com, "filesystem" is not a word in and of itself, though
>>> most IT folks I know, including myself, use it as such in documentation we do.
>>
>> Then you are incorrect.  It is two words, as are "hard disk."
> 
> That depends if you're of the prescriptivist or descriptivist mind.
> 

...and also depends upon your attitude towards Neo Logisms?  :-)

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