tlug: Re: Naiibu and other naivetes

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "jb" == Jonathan Byrne <jpmag@example.com> writes:

    jb> From: Kei Furuuchi <kfur@example.com>

    >> In Japanese, the word "(Naiibu)Naive" means something like
    >> sensitive while in English the same word means something like
    >> clueless.

Actually, not.  It means "unsophisticated" or "lacking in complexity."
I'm not sure if that's what it means in French.  It also carries
overtones of "impressionable".  That's not very far from "sensitive."

In mathematics it means "without making it harder than it is" (as in
"Naive Set Theory").

    jb> I even once saw a brand of soap or shampoo (can't remember
    jb> which now) called Naive, which made me wonder what would
    jb> happen to me if I tried it :-) Needless to say, I didn't.

Wash with it once, you'll get an audition to join Speed.  They're
getting a little long in the tooth, need some less used-up looking
replacements.

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