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20/03/2008, 12h36

R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:
> On Mar 20, 3:41 pm, "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:21:44 +0100, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah
>>
>> <ng4rrjanb...@rediffmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm just wondering, what is the correct way to refer to "!important".
>>> I currently refer it is "not important"--but I guess, it's wrong. What
>>> is the correct way? TIA
>> I just call it 'important', because that what it is. The ! is just a
>> delimiter.http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#important-rules
>
> "important" is the meaning and I understand it. But, think about
> the situation of teacher who has to refer the notation when he write
> it on board; how should he refer?
>
> <OT>
> Here in South India, people refer a*b as "a into b". But, lately I
> have seen that Dijkstra refers it as "a times b" (in a google video).
> </OT>

Really? In the US, "a into b" means "b divided by a" = b/a.

20/03/2008, 12h36	#4
Harlan Messinger Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: How to pronounce/refer "!important"? R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote: > On Mar 20, 3:41 pm, "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:21:44 +0100, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah >> >> <ng4rrjanb...@rediffmail.com> wrote: >>> I'm just wondering, what is the correct way to refer to "!important". >>> I currently refer it is "not important"--but I guess, it's wrong. What >>> is the correct way? TIA >> I just call it 'important', because that what it is. The ! is just a >> delimiter.http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#important-rules > > "important" is the meaning and I understand it. But, think about > the situation of teacher who has to refer the notation when he write > it on board; how should he refer? > > <OT> > Here in South India, people refer a*b as "a into b". But, lately I > have seen that Dijkstra refers it as "a times b" (in a google video). > </OT> Really? In the US, "a into b" means "b divided by a" = b/a.