Social problems of Python doc [was Re: Python docs disappointing]
Hendrik van Rooyen
hendrik at microcorp.co.za
Wed Aug 12 04:45:51 EDT 2009
On Tuesday 11 August 2009 19:53:16 Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> You want community input into the docs, but you're not willing to give
> that input except to bitch and moan and sook that the tracker is no good.
wtf does the verb "sook" mean?
I find:
sook
/sʊk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [sook] Show IPA
Use sook in a Sentence
–noun
1. Australia and New Zealand. a timid, cowardly person, esp. a young person;
crybaby.
–interjection
2. Midland U.S. (used to summon cows from the pasture).
Origin:
1890–95; prob. from earlier sense “calf reared by hand,” perh. suck(-calf),
with sp. repr. N England, Scots pron. of suck (but earliest cited pron. of
sook is (so̅o̅k))
Sometimes English drives me crazy.
- Hendrik
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