Larry OBrien

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Contributing Editor and Columnist, SD Times. Editor of now-defunct magazines including Software Development, Computer Language, and AI Expert. Founding Editor of Game Developer, which still totally rocks.

On Twitter at @lobrien

Sr. Software Engineer at Gemini Observatories.

Not a bad coder.

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7 Questions

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13	Pronunciation of trailing “i” in Latin-derived words
12	Is “Canuck” offensive?
6	Is (or was) the exclamation “Nuts!” crude?
5	Is there a word for positive distraction?
4	Is there a word for the object or destination of a pilgrimage?

458 Reputation

+20	Is “Canuck” offensive?
+20	Meaning of the phrase “hacked by someone” — but not in context of computers
+5	Is the formation “[s]he” overly distracting?
+10	Is “injur” a word?

5 Answers

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4	Is it acceptable to use 'z' instead of 's' for plural form?
3	“Ashes” vs. “cinder”
2	Meaning of the phrase “hacked by someone” — but not in context of computers
2	Should I use 10 cent words or $2 words?
1	Is “injur” a word?