On 02/09/2011 03:43 PM, David Winsemius wrote:
Exactly right. I use the phrase to catch the unwary's attention. I think
the effect is properly placed on the y-axis.
IIRC, Ben Bolker (or was it Bert Gunter?) has also commented in the
R-help or r-devel pages this curious inversion of functional meaning.
I certainly agree with both of you as a matter of illustration. However,
I have heard the phrase (mis)used to indicate a situation in which the
learner had to learn a lot quickly, or in the concrete imagery of "a
steep learning curve must be hard to climb". Language is a wonderful
tool, even it we sometimes break things with it.
Jim
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