[Xitami] New version for Xitami

[Brian {Hamilton Kelly}]

In message <3CCD520B.6040305@freesbee.fr> Francis Turner writes:
> bernd hohmann wrote:
> 
> >sb. compiled a version for windows a week ago, i compiled a
> >version for OS/2 and a patch was in this newsgroup too so a *nix
> >version shouldn't be a real problem.
> >
> Who is sb? and for those of us who can't readily compile a windows 
> version has anyone produced a binary with recent fixes in?

I believe (BICBW) that "sb" is an abbreviation for "somebody".  I see
this abbreviation used in many newsgroups, by German speakers writing in
English.  I cannot remember ever seeing it used by anyone for whom
English is their first language (no, not even by a schoolkid 'sndng
txt msgs 2 hs m8t usng SMS' :-)

One also sees "so" for "someone" as well.  Quite where this usage
originated, I don't know; certainly neither abbreviation is to be found
in any dictionary of the English language.   (To me, "sb" is an
abbreviation USED BY dictionaries, for "substantive", whilst "so" is
sometimes seen in newsgroups, as "SO", for "significant other".)

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one of
    distributed ignorance.  And we know and understand less while being incr-
    easingly capable."              Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs