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RE: Where is cygwin bin directory?
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'je m'appelle michael caine'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:29:11 -0000
- Subject: RE: Where is cygwin bin directory?
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 08:14:20AM -0800, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 04:03:58PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>
>>> To the OP - just use whatever cygpath options make sense. It's not that
>>> hard and it certainly doesn't require anything like the gobbledegook
>>> above.
>>>
>>> Or, if you just are just curious about what /bin translates to, use
>>> mount.
>>
>> I have to take exception to this post of cgf's. I mean, Really! How
>> can you use that kind of language to people? It's gobbledegoop, not
>> gobbledegook.
>>
>> *pause*
>>
>> *consult dictionary*
>>
>> Oops, sorry; -gook seems to be canonical. Not the way I learned it
>> though! But it is gobbledygook with a Y!
>
> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gobbledegook
>
> gobbledegook is acceptable. I did look it up before I sent the email.
>
> cgf
But of course it is, since it derives from the medieval french phrase,
"gobblez de gouache", which of course means to eat one's poster-paints.
Not a lot of people know that.
cheers,
DaveK
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