[Talk-GB] Primary or Trunk? PITA?

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 03.11.2013 21:51, Jonathan wrote:
> I've just googled PITA and it would appear that it stands for Pain In
> The Ass.

Yeah, it's a common colloquial term for "things that make life harder
instead of easier", and used on this particular list quite often. I
agree that it might sound offensive to someone not familiar with the
term but I wouldn't consider "don't be such a PITA about this" a
personal attack!

Let's put it this way: You're essentially explaining to a couple hundred
UK mappers that they have, in your opinion, been "doing it wrong" for
the better part of a decade. Do you expect everyone to go: "Oh why
Jonathan, I hadn't thought about that but now that you say it, I
suddenly see the error of my ways"?

Now that you have retaliated to that "PITA" email with something most
others will also consider a bit rude, namely publishing a private
message without the consent of its writer (if you had wanted to vent
your anger, publishing it without the sender's name would have been
sufficient), maybe we can go back to normal and you can explain which
bits of TomH's explanation of the status quo you haven't understood.

Bye
Frederik

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