Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:44:59 -0600 | From | Herman Oosthuysen <> | Subject | Re: How did the Spelling Police miss this one? |
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This is getting funnier by the day!
Even the word 'normal' is a religious term. It literally means to be a good Christian - a Gentleman. Christian seminaries are 'Normal Schools' and have 'Normal Classes'. Yes, there was a time when I was forced to attend 'Normal Class' - it didn't help - I became a heathen...
Maybe we should switch to Zen Buddist terminology instead, it is less violent.
For what it is worth, I grew up with the software term 'normalize'. 'Canonize' seems a bit too strong for my tase.
viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 10:46:06AM -0400, Timothy Miller wrote: > > >>On the other hand, "canonicalize", while strange and new, unambiguously >>means (b). >> >>Is there an already-existing word which means (b)? > > > % webster normalize > nor-mal-ize \'no[0xC7]r-me-,l[0xF5]^-z\ vt -ized; -iz-ing > (1865) > 1: to make conform to or reduce to a norm or standard > 2: to make normal (as by a transformation of variables) > 3: to bring or restore (as relations between countries) to a normal > condition > -- nor-mal-iz-able \-,l[0xF5]^--ze-bel\ adj > -- nor-mal-iza-tion \,no[0xC7]r-me-le-'za^--shen\ n > -
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