[Coco] Programming in BASIC YouTube series URBANE Version

[Tom Seagrove]

On Apr 30, 2016, at 2:19 AM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

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


Actually I think it is...just look around.

Tom
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