On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 07:08:51PM +0100, Michael Zedeler wrote:
> Jeg er lidt nysgerrig på hvad der ligger i "emergency social meeting".
> Umiddelbart lyder det selvmodsigende.
>
> Der tegner sig i hvert fald et billede af nogle brandmænd der drikker øl og
^^
I know that word. :-)
> rister marshmallows ved en fabrik der er ved at brænde ned til grunden.
The rest I had to feed through Google Translate.
I don't know if it originated with
london.pm, or if
london.pm were merely
early adopters of the term...
There are regularly scheduled social meetings. But if someone visits
London and their stay does not overlap with a regular schedule,
then this is clearly a (social) emergency, and an extra meeting is
scheduled. eg
https://groups.perlists.pm/sympa/arc/london.pm-announce/2019-10/msg00002.html
Nicholas Clark