Kludge

[nq:1]I'll kludge in a code snippet of my own that determines the destination address based on the folder that the ActiveDocument was in. What does kludge mean?[/nq]

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[nq:1]I'll kludge in a code snippet of my own that determines the destination address based on the folder that the ActiveDocument was in. What does kludge mean?[/nq]
A crude, clumsy, quick change or fix. The implication is that the crudeness and clumsiness arise from the need for haste (or, occasionally, from laziness), not the ineptitude of the one making the kludge.

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In article , tegger (Email Removed) writes
[nq:1]I'll kludge in a code snippet of my own that determines the destination address based on the folder that the ActiveDocument was in. What does kludge mean? I've never consciously used it as a verb, only a noun. (I speak English, not American).[/nq]
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[nq:2]I'll kludge in a code snippet of my own that ... folder that the ActiveDocument was in. What does kludge mean?[/nq]
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Ah, yes, great word in the hi-tech arena. Easy to drop into any conversation. Strange that it rhymes with "huge" and "luge" but not "fudge," "budge," or "judge." OTOH spelling it "kluge" makes it look too much like the German word of the same spelling but p

In article , Yukon Jack (Email Removed) writes
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[nq:1]Ah, yes, great word in the hi-tech arena. Easy to drop into any conversation. Strange that it rhymes with "huge" ... "judge." OTOH spelling it "kluge" makes it look too much like the German word of the same spelling but pronounced[/nq]
Nonsense. Of course it rhymes with fudge!! Are you completely ignorant of our languag

[nq:2]Ah, yes, great word in the hi-tech arena. Easy to ... like the German word of the same spelling but pronounced[/nq]
[nq:1]Nonsense. Of course it rhymes with fudge!! Are you completely ignorant of our language?[/nq]
Ah, I sincerely hope that you're pulling my leg and not serious about the above. If you are serious, and if you are impugning my knowlege of our language, then I suggest

[nq:2]Nonsense. Of course it rhymes with fudge!! Are you completely ignorant of our language?[/nq]
[nq:1]Ah, I sincerely hope that you're pulling my leg and not serious about the above. If you are serious, and ... language, then I suggest you do some discovery work and you'll find that indeed it rhymes with "huge" not "fudge."[/nq]
Why all the confusion? The truth is out there . . . .

[nq:2] Ah, I sincerely hope that you're pulling my leg ... you'll find that indeed it rhymes with "huge" not "fudge."[/nq]
[nq:1]Why all the confusion? The truth is out there . . . . http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/k/kluge.html and

[nq:1]But they don't take into account English regional pronunciation differences - if you are from anywhere North of Watford Gap, if you steal foodj you may well have to appear before a joodj![/nq]
Why do so many people, when talking about the north/south British accent difference, write the northern "u" as "oo"?

I always read that sequence of letters in such attempts at accent as t

[nq:2]But they don't take into account English regional pronunciation differences ... foodj you may well have to appear before a joodj![/nq]
[nq:1]Why do so many people, when talking about the north/south British accent difference, write the northern "u" as "oo"? I ... "zoo" and "do" and "loo" and "flew" and "too".(1) And that is definitely NOT how northerners say "fudge" or "judge".[/nq]