Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: This version is a stable

If I write "This version is a stable" is the joke clear?
Stable = enduring vs Stable = building.
Thanks.
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 Stable = enduring vs Stable = building.
I'm referring to a software. The stable version is the version released
to be used in production environment. If I say that the version is a
building where store animals, I want to say that may be a mess or something.
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 Stable = enduring vs Stable = building.
oh, a joke needing an explanation is never a good joke. 

 oh, a joke needing an explanation is never a good joke.
I can handle that.
However, I would understand if "It's a stable" has the same meaning of
"E' una stalla"(*) has in Italian. I hope that now it's more clear. :)
(*) "Questo posto e' una stalla" == "This place is a mess".
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 (*) "Questo posto e' una stalla" == "This place is a mess".
http://images.google.it/images?hl=it&q=a%20stable&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

 
http://images.google.it/images?hl=it&q=a%20stable&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Does that explain something about my question?
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 Does that explain something about my question?
actually... no.
but I haven't found any linking between "a stable" and "a mess". even in 
idioms there's only:
closing/shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted
trying to stop something bad happening when it has already happened and the 
situation cannot be changed.
Improving security after a major theft would seem to be a bit like closing 
the stable door after the horse has bolted.

"madmachine"  ha scritto nel messaggio
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anyway Google says that there's a linking between "a stable" and "clean". So 
people think that if you don't keep your stable nice and clean it could soon 
turn into a mess.
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=stable+clean&start=10&sa=N
Does this answer to your question? 

 
The joke isn't really clear.
Normally you would say "This version is a stable one (or 'version') but that 
spoils the joke, which isn't all that funny in the first place. Sorry.
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No , it doesn't work in English . Once told it was a joke , you could see 
what was intended , but otherwise you'd just think the 'a' was a typo .
'stable' doesn't have any particular connotation of messiness ; if we wanted 
that sense of a stable full of s**t , we might refer to an 'Augean stable' . 
The animal housing we use as a metaphor for a mess is 'pig-stye' - 'What a 
pig-stye! Get this room cleaned up!' .
Mike

 see what was intended , but otherwise you'd just think the 'a' was a typo .
I understand, too bad. Thanks. :)
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 Does this answer to your question?
Not really, but thanks for the effort. :)
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 spoils the joke, which isn't all that funny in the first place. Sorry.
It's a shame, the same word for "stalla" e "stabile", in Italian, would
be source of much amusement for the information-technology-men. ^^;
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