User talk:MarkDilley: Difference between revisions

Well here it goes, some thoughts on the weblog v blog controversy:  To me, I started out wanting to merge wiki and blog, I created WikiBlog over at [[Meatball Wiki]] - [[SunirShah]] mentioned to me that the word ''blog'' was a horrible word and we should not use it (this is from memory, folks).  I asked him why he thought that and he wrote down a convincing few lines.  I can't find the original words.  But it went a little something like this:  The word ''blog'' is an [http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/onomat.htm onomatopoeia], and it sounds gross. By googling for ''blog is an ugly word'' I found these examples to use.  [http://butuki.com/laughing_knees/ugly-word/ It sits heavy in the mouth, confuses everyone, and conjures up images of some wasting disease or putrid creature], and [http://www.elsewhere.org/journal/archives/2004/02/12/blog-is-an-ugly-word/ it’s just a misshapen lump of a word].  I am not a fan of [ Blog is an ugly word but we're stuck with it.] - I wish to come to agreement to use weblog instead of ''blog'' - we would be being true to the [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.ai/msg/3ef4b796ead09a87?q=weblog&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&scoring=d&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=31&as_maxm=12&as_maxy=1997&rnum=5 orgin] of both.  It is said that weblog was pulled apart ''we blog'', some people don't like the word wiki, either. I hope this brings up good questions or other ideas.  Best, Mark