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When you're not, you're not

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Topic:	1) When you're not, you're not (1 of 7), Read 88 times
Conf:	Word Fugitives, with Barbara Wallraff
From:	Barbara Wallraff ([email protected])
Date:	Wednesday, December 01, 1999 06:13 PM

Eric Renneisen, of Chattanooga, Tenn., writes: "Why is there no word for the 'not' or 'no' symbol? You know, the red circle with a slash through the middle."

Topic:	1) When you're not, you're not (2 of 7), Read 85 times
Conf:	Word Fugitives, with Barbara Wallraff
From:	Roger Gay ([email protected])
Date:	Thursday, December 02, 1999 08:52 AM

I don't know the history of that particular symbol, but am quite used to using the logical symbol '!' which we refer to as NOT. Alternatively, we can write 'NOT.' I suppose a symbol by any other name would work the same way. We can refer to it as "negation" depending on how we refer to it.

The circle with the line through it is not 'not,' so far as I know; but specifically means 'no.' For example if it is superimposed over the picture of a clown, it means no clowns.

Topic:	1) When you're not, you're not (3 of 7), Read 78 times
Conf:	Word Fugitives, with Barbara Wallraff
From:	Michael Fischer ([email protected])
Date:	Thursday, December 02, 1999 06:17 PM

>"Why is there no word for the
>'not' or 'no' symbol? You
>know, the red circle with a
>slash through the middle."

actually, I think the signage people may refer to it as the "international no".

as to whether it can mean "not", I'd say "sort of". In some cases it might be interpreted as "Do Not"; e.g., Do Not Enter! (instead of no entry) or Do Not Touch!! (as opposed to no touching).

Topic:	1) When you're not, you're not (4 of 7), Read 76 times
Conf:	Word Fugitives, with Barbara Wallraff
From:	Trevor Jackson ([email protected])
Date:	Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:42 PM

How about: "no-ring".

Topic:	1) When you're not, you're not (5 of 7), Read 76 times
Conf:	Word Fugitives, with Barbara Wallraff
From:	Roger Gay ([email protected])
Date:	Friday, December 03, 1999 04:35 AM

On 12/2/99 10:42:40 PM, Trevor Jackson wrote:
>How about: "no-ring".
>

If it's a particularly cold day, is there a risk of no-ring failure?

Topic:	1) When you're not, you're not (6 of 7), Read 73 times
Conf:	Word Fugitives, with Barbara Wallraff
From:	Trevor Jackson ([email protected])
Date:	Saturday, December 04, 1999 05:28 PM

On 12/3/99 4:35:49 AM, Roger Gay wrote:
>On 12/2/99 10:42:40 PM, Trevor Jackson
>wrote:
>>How about: "no-ring".
>>
>
>If it's a particularly cold day, is
>there a risk of no-ring failure?
>
Do you mean there is "snow-ring"?

Topic:	1) When you're not, you're not (7 of 7), Read 53 times
Conf:	Word Fugitives, with Barbara Wallraff
From:	Catherine Griffiths ([email protected])
Date:	Wednesday, December 08, 1999 08:56 AM

certainly not a nose-ring!

Catherine

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