Thread: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: In docs, change a few cases of "not important" to "unimportant".
Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: In docs, change a few cases of "not important" to "unimportant".
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"Kevin Grittner"
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > On 16.08.2012 17:49, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> Heikki Linnakangas wrote: >>> On 16.08.2012 17:36, Bruce Momjian wrote: >>>> In docs, change a few cases of "not important" to >>>> "unimportant". >>> >>> FWIW, I don't think these changes were an improvement. I find >>> "not important" more readable in those sentences. +1 >> Really? All of them? > > Yes.. Perhaps "not important" just feels better to me in general > than "unimportant". Yeah, it's probably subjective, but for me "unimportant" has negative, dismissive overtones, while "not important" does not. Sort of like the way "unpleasant" has a different meaning than "not pleasant". -Kevin
Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: In docs, change a few cases of "not important" to "unimportant".
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Bruce Momjian
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On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:38:09AM -0500, Kevin Grittner wrote: > Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > > On 16.08.2012 17:49, Bruce Momjian wrote: > >> Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > >>> On 16.08.2012 17:36, Bruce Momjian wrote: > >>>> In docs, change a few cases of "not important" to > >>>> "unimportant". > >>> > >>> FWIW, I don't think these changes were an improvement. I find > >>> "not important" more readable in those sentences. > > +1 > > >> Really? All of them? > > > > Yes.. Perhaps "not important" just feels better to me in general > > than "unimportant". > > Yeah, it's probably subjective, but for me "unimportant" has > negative, dismissive overtones, while "not important" does not. > Sort of like the way "unpleasant" has a different meaning than "not > pleasant". OK, thanks for the feedback. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. +
Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: In docs, change a few cases of "not important" to "unimportant".
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Gavin Flower
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On 17/08/12 03:45, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:38:09AM -0500, Kevin Grittner wrote: >> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote: >>> On 16.08.2012 17:49, Bruce Momjian wrote: >>>> Heikki Linnakangas wrote: >>>>> On 16.08.2012 17:36, Bruce Momjian wrote: >>>>>> In docs, change a few cases of "not important" to >>>>>> "unimportant". >>>>> FWIW, I don't think these changes were an improvement. I find >>>>> "not important" more readable in those sentences. >> >> +1 >> >>>> Really? All of them? >>> Yes.. Perhaps "not important" just feels better to me in general >>> than "unimportant". >> >> Yeah, it's probably subjective, but for me "unimportant" has >> negative, dismissive overtones, while "not important" does not. >> Sort of like the way "unpleasant" has a different meaning than "not >> pleasant". > OK, thanks for the feedback. > I feel the same way. Even though 'logically' they have the same meaning, I think...