[tz] "time zone" vs "timezone" in documentation

Tony Finch dot at dotat.at
Mon Jun 25 13:30:19 UTC 2018


Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis at SystematicSw.ab.ca> wrote:
>
> English sports broadcasts still use "nil" for scores, and I have heard the
> occasional anachronistic "nought"; the cricket term "duck" also seems old, and I
> cring at the American jargon neologism "bagel"

Also "love" in tennis.

"Bagel" reminded me that PostgreSQL has the synonym "allballs" for
midnight, which apparently came from NASA JPL:
https://www.quora.com/PostgreSQL-What-is-the-origin-of-allballs?share=1

Tony.
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