That's good humor right there.
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My kid didn't know that "app" was derived from application. I weep for the future.
My kid didn't know that "app" was derived from application. I weep for the future.
That's just how language is!
Does it matter? I mean, it just might not have occurred to them. I don't believe "Applications", as a term, was ever used much for computers. At least in my social groups, we mostly used "programs".
"Apps" is a neologism, and if the derivation is not obvious for everyone, I'm not sure any harm is being done.
Does it matter? I mean, it just might not have occurred to them. I don't believe "Applications", as a term, was ever used much for computers. At least in my social groups, we mostly used "programs".
"Apps" is a neologism, and if the derivation is not obvious for everyone, I'm not sure any harm is being done.
Back in the 90s, when I was learning Mac development, it took me a while to get used to programs being called "applications".
Now, referring to appetizers as "apps" is just weird.
Malor wrote:Does it matter? I mean, it just might not have occurred to them. I don't believe "Applications", as a term, was ever used much for computers. At least in my social groups, we mostly used "programs".
"Apps" is a neologism, and if the derivation is not obvious for everyone, I'm not sure any harm is being done.
Back in the 90s, when I was learning Mac development, it took me a while to get used to programs being called "applications".
Now, referring to appetizers as "apps" is just weird.
Having never, ever done that, I would also find it quite weird. Is this a thing?
Hrdina wrote:Malor wrote:Does it matter? I mean, it just might not have occurred to them. I don't believe "Applications", as a term, was ever used much for computers. At least in my social groups, we mostly used "programs".
"Apps" is a neologism, and if the derivation is not obvious for everyone, I'm not sure any harm is being done.
Back in the 90s, when I was learning Mac development, it took me a while to get used to programs being called "applications".
Now, referring to appetizers as "apps" is just weird.
Having never, ever done that, I would also find it quite weird. Is this a thing?
If not we should make it so.
Malor wrote:Hrdina wrote:Malor wrote:Does it matter? I mean, it just might not have occurred to them. I don't believe "Applications", as a term, was ever used much for computers. At least in my social groups, we mostly used "programs".
"Apps" is a neologism, and if the derivation is not obvious for everyone, I'm not sure any harm is being done.
Back in the 90s, when I was learning Mac development, it took me a while to get used to programs being called "applications".
Now, referring to appetizers as "apps" is just weird.
Having never, ever done that, I would also find it quite weird. Is this a thing?
If not we should make it so.
Is that a thing? That's the whole point of the joke that started this conversation.
Thanks for explaining that, because I genuinely didn't connect app with appetizers there at all.
Aha, I didn't understand that joke either.
Try explaining the derivation of "cc:" and "bcc:" to teenagers.
Hrdina wrote:Now, referring to appetizers as "apps" is just weird.
Having never, ever done that, I would also find it quite weird. Is this a thing?
I think some marketers somewhere are trying to make it a thing. I had only ever heard it in restaurant commercials until I read the screenshotted tweet.
Malor wrote:Hrdina wrote:Now, referring to appetizers as "apps" is just weird.
Having never, ever done that, I would also find it quite weird. Is this a thing?
I think some marketers somewhere are trying to make it a thing. I had only ever heard it in restaurant commercials until I read the screenshotted tweet.
No it's definitely a thing. I am very surprised this was the outcome of the thread. Everyone I know uses the phrase, "any one want some apps?" When we used to eat. Or "Go get apps and drinks?"
Vargen wrote:Malor wrote:Hrdina wrote:Now, referring to appetizers as "apps" is just weird.
Having never, ever done that, I would also find it quite weird. Is this a thing?
I think some marketers somewhere are trying to make it a thing. I had only ever heard it in restaurant commercials until I read the screenshotted tweet.
No it's definitely a thing. I am very surprised this was the outcome of the thread. Everyone I know uses the phrase, "any one want some apps?" When we used to eat. Or "Go get apps and drinks?"
I never said I liked it, but it is definitely a thing, and yes a stupid marketing thing.
I don't use the term myself, but found "mozzarella sticks" to be a hilarious answer to the question.
Vargen wrote:Malor wrote:Hrdina wrote:Now, referring to appetizers as "apps" is just weird.
Having never, ever done that, I would also find it quite weird. Is this a thing?
I think some marketers somewhere are trying to make it a thing. I had only ever heard it in restaurant commercials until I read the screenshotted tweet.
No it's definitely a thing. I am very surprised this was the outcome of the thread. Everyone I know uses the phrase, "any one want some apps?" When we used to eat. Or "Go get apps and drinks?"
I guess you have some different speech patterns over in... Praise the Sun.
Malor wrote:Hrdina wrote:Now, referring to appetizers as "apps" is just weird.
Having never, ever done that, I would also find it quite weird. Is this a thing?
I think some marketers somewhere are trying to make it a thing. I had only ever heard it in restaurant commercials until I read the screenshotted tweet.
As someone who worked at Olive Garden for several years - app is very much a restaurant term. We were told which apps were on special, which apps were being added, etc. On the line there was a app cook who just prepped apps.
Considering how long we have had servers, cooks, appetizers, and dining out I would bet the term was theirs long before programmers took it.
Does it matter? I mean, it just might not have occurred to them. I don't believe "Applications", as a term, was ever used much for computers. At least in my social groups, we mostly used "programs".
"Apps" is a neologism, and if the derivation is not obvious for everyone, I'm not sure any harm is being done.
I think it's a lot more widely used in computer science circles. The distinction became necessary as soon as we started running more than one program (i.e., no operating system - you loaded your program into the computer via switches, punch cards, whatever, and ran it) at a time on a computer.
Assorted models (OSI, cloud) put the application on top. I usually think of it as whatever front-end a customer sees, but it's definitely gained ambiguity in colloquial usage.
As someone who worked at Olive Garden for several years - app is very much a restaurant term. We were told which apps were on special, which apps were being added, etc. On the line there was a app cook who just prepped apps.
I've found that the appetizer version of this is a good way to distinguish people who have actually worked in the restaurant business from those who haven't. To a lesser extent, bevnap is in a similar category.
Are we still doing phrasing?
Hobear wrote:Vargen wrote:Malor wrote:Hrdina wrote:Now, referring to appetizers as "apps" is just weird.
Having never, ever done that, I would also find it quite weird. Is this a thing?
I think some marketers somewhere are trying to make it a thing. I had only ever heard it in restaurant commercials until I read the screenshotted tweet.
No it's definitely a thing. I am very surprised this was the outcome of the thread. Everyone I know uses the phrase, "any one want some apps?" When we used to eat. Or "Go get apps and drinks?"
I guess you have some different speech patterns over in... Praise the Sun.
Hey, here in MN the brief few months of extra sun we definitely do praise it.
Are we still doing phrasing?
That sign is a trap for church going children.
I love axial tilt.
It's the reason for the season!
Man, I remember this so much. I read Shogun, IT, The Stand in high school carrying them around between classes. Now I am lucky if I can finish a couple hundred page book in a month.
I would read (or technically skim) this book.
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