rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (04/19/84)
Could someone explain why the names of some groups are singular and others
plural? For example, there is net.:
bicycle, cycle, flame, puzzle, micro, railroad, rec.boat, sport,...
but also net.:
books, consumers, cooks, games, jokes, kids,...
This has led me to posting mistakes--recoverable, but annoying, since
postnews doesn't check the newsgroup directly but rather lets inews do it.
PUT DOWN THAT TORCH. I'm not suggesting that it be changed, but I'd like
to know how it came about, and whether there's some mnemonic device that
I'm missing that would help me remember.
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{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303) 444-5710 x3086chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (04/19/84)
It's simple. There has never been an attempt at consistency on the net, and
the topics were created with whatever name whoever created them thought was
most appropriate. Some of us like plurals, and some of us don't.
chuq
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