I never want to hear the word "abend" again

[Orrex]

:rant:

It's as common as "the" in my office, and fewer than one person in a hundred knows what it means.

THEM: "That report-job abended."

ME: "What does 'abend' mean?"

THEM: "You know... It abended."

Yes, I know what it means, but I'm still sick of hearing it.

[MissHoneychurch]

1. Good thing you don't live in Germany

Guten Abend :D

[Orrex]

8. Good point, but presumably they know what it means

And "That report-job evening-ed" isn't especially euphonious, either!

[Richardo]

2. God I don't think I've heard that term since I was programming in PLC in 1975

That's what computer science was in the 70s, kids. Punch cards and all. :eyes:

[billyskank]

5. You must have been forced to use IBM machines

you poor thing. :pals:

In the 70s the fun stuff was happening on DEC machines. Interactive terminals! :woohoo:

:hi:

[underpants]

9. ABnormal END

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/ABEND.html

[reyd reid reed]

3. Not even if I say,

"Guten Abend?" Should I just jump straight from 'nachtmittag' to 'nacht'? I mean...

:shrug:

[cwydro]

4. Never heard it except in Germany

What DOES it mean anyway? I mean ,in your context?

[LynzM]

7. Same here!

*scratches head* Puzzling.

[RetroLounge]

6. Abend-Aid to the rescue

thanks for the bad flashback...

:hi:

RL

[Jokerman]

10. My NetWare servers used to ABEND all the time...

until I patched them that is.

I'd wager that I'm the only one in this organization who has ever even used the word.