11-01-2005, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by drewpy
I'm totally down with it. Thanks. Is "thread" a synonym for "discussion"? I mean, I spend alot of time just readin', learnin' and in general, just experiencin', and with my bad grammar I tend no to discuss ...
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According to jargon.net:
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thread /n./ [Usenet, GEnie, CompuServe] Common abbreviation of `topic thread', a more or less continuous chain of postings on a single topic. To `follow a thread' is to read a series of Usenet postings sharing a common subject or (more correctly) which are connected by Reference headers. The better newsreaders can present news in thread order automatically.
Interestingly, this is far from a neologism. The OED says: "That which connects the successive points in anything, esp. a narrative, train of thought, or the like; the sequence of events or ideas continuing throughout the whole course of anything;" Citations are given going back to 1642!
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It is now, perhaps incorrectly, used on bulletin boards as well.
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