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Old 21-08-2005, 09:52 PM
Nick Maclaren
 
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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Interestingly, one of the things that keeps cyclemania alive is the
deficiency of the English language in not having a term for the sort
of irregular variation caused by non-cyclic feedback effects. The
nearest term is, indeed, "cycle" but that immediately gets people
thinking in terms of regular, predictable variation. Think of this
the next time anyone talks about the economy ....


'Fluctuations' instead of 'cycles'?


Hang on. The reference was from the Guardian. Do you honestly
think that they could have spelled 'fluctuations' the same way
twice, let alone correctly?

But, yes, it is an accurate term. It is very generic, unfortunately,
and doesn't identify the particular class of variation that is
being referred to here.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.