Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] affordance? (was: Is ladspa actually la-dsp-a? Is JACK the ultimate solution?)
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Jun 09 2004 - 12:37:41 EEST
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 04:11:54 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> > Sorry for my ignorance -- but is there someone who can present me
> > the german term for "affordance"? The web-dicts I searched, don't
> > know this word -- and the wikipedia entry doesn't give me any clue
> > about the german word (though I understand the concept).
>
> The problem is that it's not a word. Your understanding of it is
> probably the best definition there is ;-)
I have to disagree with this - it may not be a german word, but it
certainly is an English one - its been in consistant use in scientific
literature for ~30 years.
(UK) English is defined by usage - not a canonical dictionary, so it is a
word.
- Steve
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