>> BTW, would you and everyone else PLEASE stop using the word TRICK. It
>> should be SKILL. We had a long discussion on this in the past, and
>> I can dig it up if people want to see it. Unicycling is a sport.
>> TRICK makes it sound cheap, like a monkey in the circus.
[snip,snip]
>This terminology is so firmly etched into my neural pathways, it's
>absolutely natural for me to use it. I don't consider it to be degrading
>in any way. If people do think it's degrading, then I invite them to watch
>and then typically their mouths hang open, drool a bit then stammer 'cool'
>or something along those lines.
[happy-go-snipping]
>Having said all that, I'll try to use the word 'skill' in future. At the wors
>t, most editors
>support search and replace :-)
[oh, bugger editing >80 column replies... *sigh*]
Coming from the juggling world (no don't run me over, please), I find nothing
at all objectionable in the word 'trick'. I'll make you a deal, though: I'll
try to use 'skill' if you guys promise to reply in 80-column format! ;)
Actually, I ought to be able to get a better terminal emulation soon, so never
mind. As far as 'trick' goes, however, (and since we seem to be a very
word-conscious group, I might add!) I understand how it might grate on someone
considering the amount of work one puts into these skills. I'll try to be
conscious of the usage. Those of you that grow red-faced and cross-eyed at the
sight of the word might also try to keep in mind that when we say 'trick,' we
not only are using a comfortable colloquialism, we're expressing the fun we
derive from the building of that particular skill. The flippancy of the word
expresses a fun connotation that 'skill,' albeit a word that denotes more
accomplishment, doesn't carry for folks like myself.
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