[mythtv-users] references to "significant other"

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 27 April 2004 12:54 pm, Simon Kenyon wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 April 2004 16:18, Grant Edwards wrote:
> > > i would respectfully request that people on this list stop referrring
> > > to "the wife" as though they were a completely different (and inferior)
> > > species.
> >
> > Huh?
> >
> > You don't want people to use the word "wife" when referring to
> > their wives?  Or is it "the wife" vs. "my wife" that you're off
> > about?  I suppose "the wife" is a bit vague it could
> > (grammatically, anyway) be referring to any particular wife and
> > not just that of the writer.
> >
> > How do you feel about the phrase "she who must be obeyed"? ;)
> >
> > [Extra geek points for anybody whos currently got an episode of
> > Rompole on their drive.]
>
> i was saying two things
>
> stop using your wife/girlfriend/partner to represent somebody who is
> technically illiterate. it is not necessary and in my opinion insulting.
>
> if myth's UI is broken or hard to use or generally not of sufficient
> quality/robustness or is just plainly user unfriendly then say so and we
> can work to fix it. don't invoke "she who must be obeyed" (as you put it)
> as a reason.
>
> the two sort of got confused in my email and for wich i apologise.

That's funny, most of the UI design was heavily influenced by my wife.  I 
guess I should stop asking her opinion on things, wouldn't want to offend 
some random person on my mailing list who doesn't know either of us.

Isaac