From: Man@the.keyboard   
      
   On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 19:49:31 +1100, Daniel70   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 1/02/2026 11:29 pm, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   
   >> On 2/1/2026 6:17 PM, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Yeap, aware of that .... I just guessed that as UseNet was around for   
   >>> sooooo long before the others came into being, I just never associated   
   >>> UseNet with "Social Media".   
      
    Usenet would be a "social *medium*". There's one of it. It's quantum.   
   It's countable. It's discrete.   
      
    Okay, not *very* discrete.   
      
   >> In Hong Kong cantonese, the word "social" used to be a verb to mean   
   >> making relationship with others. :)   
      
    It *can* be used that way in English. Damned near *everything* in   
   English can be verbified. Or even "verbed". It may sometimes sound a   
   little odd but there isn't a rule against it.   
      
    English doesn't rule out much.   
      
   >>   
   >Yeap .... as in "being Social" meant to associate with others.   
      
    In "being social", the second word is an adjective.   
      
    It's like "being wet" or "being cold", both of which I have been too   
   many times for *far* too long. :) (Cup of tea time ...)   
      
    The nice Mr. Man-Wai Chang was telling us that in H.K. one could   
   "social" with others. Or, maybe, that one could "social" with plants,   
   cats and canines?   
      
    It's like the English word "socialise". Only they could do it with no   
   eyes.   
      
    Okay, so that was a little ....... odd?   
      
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