Ubuntu is a dog

[joshmuffin]

This morning I was upgrading to jaunty using update-manager when I noticed something funny.

The upgrader is "fetching" files. I come from Australia and I have a lot of south African friends and they always say "I'm going to fetch the kids" and every time i make a joke like: "I thought only dogs fetch"

It's no surprise seeing as Mark Shuttleworth is South African but still quite interesting/funny

[I wanted to leave]

The true meaning of the word "fetch" is to serve, as in such way as to please or charm

:popcorn:

[gn2]

Just so long as you don't have a typo and change the t to an l, it's fine.

[mips]

The upgrader is "fetching" files. I come from Australia and I have a lot of south African friends and they always say "I'm going to fetch the kids" and every time i make a joke like: "I thought only dogs fetch"

It's no surprise seeing as Mark Shuttleworth is South African but still quite interesting/funny



The true meaning of the word "fetch" is to serve, as in such way as to please or charm


The word fetch has several meanings, in the South African context we use it as:

transitive verb1 a: to go or come after and bring or take back <fetch a doctor>
intransitive verb1: to get and bring something

For more meanings see,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetch
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fetch

[joshmuffin]

Yeah I'm not saying there's anything wrong or it was the wrong word to choose and I am definitely not trying to be racist just pointing it out thought it was funny:P