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"Dylan Parry" <usenet (AT) dylanparry (DOT) com> wrote

John Bokma wrote:

Since when is popularity a measurement of quality :-D.

A million flies hovering round a cows back end can't be wrong.

I would imagine for a fly, a pile of shite would be a good thing!
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Dylan Parry wrote:

John Bokma wrote:

Since when is popularity a measurement of quality :-D.

A million flies hovering round a cows back end can't be wrong.

No shit :-D

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John Bokma wrote:

Dylan Parry wrote:

A million flies hovering round a cows back end can't be wrong.

No shit :-D

nosh it ;o)

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Charles Sweeney wrote:

If you look at Toby's stats, it is very much a newsreader. No other comes
near it in terms of popularity!

Lots of people that like it == popular.

Lots of people that use it != popular.

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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 07:19:12 +0100 Toby A Inkster
<tobyink (AT) goddamn (DOT) co.uk> broke off from drinking a cup of tea at
goddamn.co.uk to write:

Charles Sweeney wrote:

If you look at Toby's stats, it is very much a newsreader. No other comes
near it in terms of popularity!

Lots of people that like it == popular.

Lots of people that use it != popular.

The term 'popular' has a number of meanings, and primarily does indeed
mean 'prevalent among the general public' ergo, Lots of people that
use it == popular, though popularity should *not* be considered a
measure of affection, perhaps you should say:

Lots of people that use it != liked

???

Matt

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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 10:46:59 GMT, Matt Probert
<comments (AT) probertencyclopaedia (DOT) com> wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 07:19:12 +0100 Toby A Inkster
tobyink (AT) goddamn (DOT) co.uk> broke off from drinking a cup of tea at
goddamn.co.uk to write:
Lots of people that like it == popular.

Lots of people that use it != popular.


The term 'popular' has a number of meanings, and primarily does indeed
mean 'prevalent among the general public' ergo, Lots of people that
use it == popular, though popularity should *not* be considered a
measure of affection, perhaps you should say:

Lots of people that use it != liked

So, hair loss is popular?

Neal wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 10:46:59 GMT, Matt Probert
comments (AT) probertencyclopaedia (DOT) com> wrote:

The term 'popular' has a number of meanings, and primarily does indeed
mean 'prevalent among the general public' ergo, Lots of people that
use it == popular, though popularity should *not* be considered a
measure of affection, perhaps you should say:

Lots of people that use it != liked

So, hair loss is popular?

You use hairloss?

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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:04:06 +0200, Els <els.aNOSPAM (AT) tiscali (DOT) nl> wrote:

Neal wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 10:46:59 GMT, Matt Probert
comments (AT) probertencyclopaedia (DOT) com> wrote:

The term 'popular' has a number of meanings, and primarily does indeed
mean 'prevalent among the general public' ergo, Lots of people that
use it == popular, though popularity should *not* be considered a
measure of affection, perhaps you should say:

Lots of people that use it != liked

So, hair loss is popular?

You use hairloss?

Thankfully, no. But it is prevalent.

Point is, when we use the word popular, we generally mean that it is used
due to it being liked. You really never hear the word describe something
which is just common. "Prevalent" or just "common" is a better choice
there.

Neal wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:04:06 +0200, Els <els.aNOSPAM (AT) tiscali (DOT) nl> wrote:

Neal wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 10:46:59 GMT, Matt Probert
comments (AT) probertencyclopaedia (DOT) com> wrote:

The term 'popular' has a number of meanings, and primarily does indeed
mean 'prevalent among the general public' ergo, Lots of people that
use it == popular, though popularity should *not* be considered a
measure of affection, perhaps you should say:

Lots of people that use it != liked

So, hair loss is popular?

You use hairloss?

Thankfully, no. But it is prevalent.

Point is, when we use the word popular, we generally mean that it is
used due to it being liked. You really never hear the word describe
something which is just common. "Prevalent" or just "common" is a better
choice there.

True, but hair loss isn't a good word for comparison, as it
isn't used. It is something you can suffer from, or not care
about, but you can't use it.

Popular is a correct word for things that are used a lot,
but I do agree it is clearer to use a word like "common".

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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 06:58:42 -0400 Neal <neal413 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> broke off
from drinking a cup of tea at to write:

On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 10:46:59 GMT, Matt Probert
comments (AT) probertencyclopaedia (DOT) com> wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 07:19:12 +0100 Toby A Inkster
tobyink (AT) goddamn (DOT) co.uk> broke off from drinking a cup of tea at
goddamn.co.uk to write:
Lots of people that like it == popular.

Lots of people that use it != popular.


The term 'popular' has a number of meanings, and primarily does indeed
mean 'prevalent among the general public' ergo, Lots of people that
use it == popular, though popularity should *not* be considered a
measure of affection, perhaps you should say:

Lots of people that use it != liked


So, hair loss is popular?

It's not a word that would be usually used in this context, one would
tend to say widespread or common, perhaps 'prevalent' if we were
talking about 'older men'. This is one of the great joys of the
English language, it's richness and complete lack of logic!

Matt

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