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| Source |  AlienVault Blog |
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| Identifiant | 460289 |
| Date de publication | 2018-01-25 14:00:00 (vue: 2018-01-25 14:00:00) |
| Titre | When Bad Language Happens To Good Systems |
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In my last blog, I wrote about how words are created and then become mainstream over time, and how that time is longer for normal words, and shorter for words used to describe things in tech. But it’s not always a straightforward nor does it always land in the correct place. To illustrate, I give you, “on premise” versus “on premises”; a battle that has happened to every company that’s ventured into the Cloud (which is a whole other language discussion we’ll have some other time).
In 2013, Brian Madden fired the first shot of the linguistic resistance to the term “on premise”:
And then, after much discussion, in 2014, he conceded defeat. “I'm saddened that the industry seems to have adopted the grammatically-incorrect term "on premise" in place of the actual term, "on premises" when discussing where servers will live.” he wrote. He goes on to bemoan the fact that “VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft all preferring the term "on premise" over "on premises" in their official press releases and technical documents.” He continues on to say that “Or maybe this is the evolution of language. It's shortened, perverted, and flexed to evolve with the times. Fine, let's call it linguistic evolution.”
Brian, dude. We can do better. This isn’t evolution; this is people being incapable of finding an online dictionary.
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, our dictionary of choice here at AlienVault, is pretty clear on the difference between the two terms.
Premise: a : a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference; specifically : either of the first two propositions of a syllogism from which the conclusion is drawn
b : something assumed or taken for granted : presupposition
whereas
Premises: a : a tract of land with the buildings thereon
b : a building or part of a building usually with its appurtenances (such as grounds)
further,
On premises: inside a building or on the area of land that it is on
Full meals are available at restaurant on premises. No smoking on premises.
Tom at The Networking Nerd, a word geek after my own heart, brings us the etymology:
The etymology of these two words is actually linked, as you might expect. Premise is the first to appear in the late 14th century. It traces from the Old French premise which is derived from the Medieval Latin premissa, which are both defined as “a previous proposition from which another fo |
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