XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-09-02, Tilde  wrote:   
      
   >> In this Web-site, there are new entries (with Dates) every day.   
   >   
   > Which web site? Though I suppose that doesn't   
   > matter   
      
   Language Log.   
      
   >> « Previous Page — « Previous Entries     Next Entries » — Next   
   Page »   
   >   
   > Self explanatory (in English)   
      
   "Older/newer" would be.  "Previous/next" is not, because it is   
   ambiguous in this context whether "next" refers to older or newer   
   entries.  It's a blog, so your default starting point is at the   
   end, which renders the notions of "next" and "previous" iffy.   
      
   Actually, now that I'm looking more closely at the footer at Language   
   Log, it's even more confusing, because "page" and "entries" are   
   separate links that go in opposite directions.  Say, you're on page 3.   
   So these are the footer links:   
      
   « Previous Page – « Previous Entries   Next Entries » — Next Page »   
      
   And here's where they'll take you:   
      
     Previous Page:    page 2   
     Previous Entries: page 4   
     Next Entries:     page 2   
     Next Page:        page 4   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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