XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 9/2/2024 9:12 AM, Rich Ulrich wrote:   
   > On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 14:58:55 -0000 (UTC), Christian Weisgerber   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2024-09-02, Tilde  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> In this Web-site, there are new entries (with Dates) every day.   
      
      
   >> 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   
      
   >   
   > Ha!  Apparently, the Language log is top-posted -- which does   
   > make some sense.   
   >   
   > Previous and Next Entries then make obvious sense.   
   >   
   > Previous and Next Page give a conflict between the physical   
   > (what has been read) and the logical (what has been written).   
   > On first reading, I mistook it, thinking that Page would  be a   
   > bigger jump than Entry, in the same direction.   
   >   
   > Page Up and Page Down would be a nicer pairing for the ordinary reader.   
   >   
      
      
   (generally)  "Previous" is syn. with  "earlier"   
      
      
   Previous Page:    page 2 -- "Previous"  means  [The page where you were   
                                                     probably at Previously]   
      
   Previous Entries: page 4 -- "Previous"  means  "earlier date"   
      
   Next Entries:     page 2 -- "Next"  means  "Later date"   
      
   Next Page:        page 4 -- "Next"  means  [.........]   
      
      
      
   _____________________________ When you realize how poorly these buttons   
   are named, you understand why (some of) these Linguists are such bad   
   writers.   
      
      
     i suppose...   on a DVD player, these 4 buttons would correspond to   
      
                    -        Fast-Rewind   
                    -  Rewind   
                    -  Play   
                    -        Fast-Forward   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)