[Coco] Programming in BASIC YouTube series URBANE Version

[Arthur Flexser]

On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 12:51 AM, Stephen H. Fischer <
SFischer1 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> As I said, the name "URBANE" was chosen to nail the idea that it is not a
> modern language.
>
>
ur·bane
ərˈbān/*adjective*

   1. (of a person, especially a man) suave, courteous, and refined in
   manner.
   synonyms: suave
   <https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1KAFA_enUS578US578&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=719&q=define+suave&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYtNmV2rXMAhUBdD4KHbXeDNcQ_SoIHjAA>
   , sophisticated
   <https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1KAFA_enUS578US578&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=719&q=define+sophisticated&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYtNmV2rXMAhUBdD4KHbXeDNcQ_SoIHzAA>
   , debonai
   <https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1KAFA_enUS578US578&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=719&q=define+debonair&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYtNmV2rXMAhUBdD4KHbXeDNcQ_SoIIDAA>
   r, worldly
   <https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1KAFA_enUS578US578&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=719&q=define+worldly&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYtNmV2rXMAhUBdD4KHbXeDNcQ_SoIITAA>
   , cultivated
   <https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1KAFA_enUS578US578&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=719&q=define+cultivated&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYtNmV2rXMAhUBdD4KHbXeDNcQ_SoIIjAA>
   , culture
   <https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1KAFA_enUS578US578&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=719&q=define+cultured&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYtNmV2rXMAhUBdD4KHbXeDNcQ_SoIIzAA>
   d, civilized,cosmopolitan
   <https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1KAFA_enUS578US578&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=719&q=define+cosmopolitan&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYtNmV2rXMAhUBdD4KHbXeDNcQ_SoIJDAA>
   ;


Hmm, doesn't really scream "not modern" to me.  Have we regressed so far
that being cultured and civilized are considered old-fashioned?

Art