BT speed tester

The results page from http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ says

These figures represent the ratio while sententiously passing Sub
BE, Normal BE and Priority BE marked traffic.

What word did they mean to use instead of "sententiously"?

Simultaneously? Sequentially? Systematically? Tendentiously?

-- Richard

On 31/05/2011 09:45, Richard Tobin wrote:
> The results page from http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ says
>
> These figures represent the ratio while sententiously passing Sub
> BE, Normal BE and Priority BE marked traffic.
>
> What word did they mean to use instead of "sententiously"?
>
> Simultaneously? Sequentially? Systematically? Tendentiously?
>
> -- Richard
>

Propositionally?


Me googlefu thinks something to do with 'Sentential logic'.

--
Adrian C

On 31/05/2011 09:45, Richard Tobin wrote:
> The results page from http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ says
>
> These figures represent the ratio while sententiously passing Sub
> BE, Normal BE and Priority BE marked traffic.
>
> What word did they mean to use instead of "sententiously"?
>
> Simultaneously? Sequentially? Systematically? Tendentiously?
>
> -- Richard
>

BT management speak? ;-)

--
Howard Neil

On 31/05/11 09:45, Richard Tobin wrote:
> The results page from http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ says
>
> These figures represent the ratio while sententiously passing Sub
> BE, Normal BE and Priority BE marked traffic.
>
> What word did they mean to use instead of "sententiously"?
>
> Simultaneously? Sequentially? Systematically? Tendentiously?
>

According to OED it's a real word:

1. According to the sense; not word for word (of a translation). /Obs. rare/
2. In a sententious manner; tersely and pithily.

chris wrote:
> On 31/05/11 09:45, Richard Tobin wrote:
>> The results page from http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ says
>>
>> These figures represent the ratio while sententiously passing Sub
>> BE, Normal BE and Priority BE marked traffic.
>>
>> What word did they mean to use instead of "sententiously"?
>>
>> Simultaneously? Sequentially? Systematically? Tendentiously?
>>
>
> According to OED it's a real word:
>

I am amazed you did not know it..


> 1. According to the sense; not word for word (of a translation). /Obs.
> rare/
> 2. In a sententious manner; tersely and pithily.
>
>

On 31/05/2011 11:05, chris wrote:
> On 31/05/11 09:45, Richard Tobin wrote:
>> The results page from http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ says
>>
>> These figures represent the ratio while sententiously passing Sub
>> BE, Normal BE and Priority BE marked traffic.
>>
>> What word did they mean to use instead of "sententiously"?
>>
>> Simultaneously? Sequentially? Systematically? Tendentiously?
>>
>
> According to OED it's a real word:
>
> 1. According to the sense; not word for word (of a translation). /Obs.
> rare/
> 2. In a sententious manner; tersely and pithily.
>
>
They may well be taking the pith?
;-)

In article <is2ei6$ij4$(E-Mail Removed)>, chris <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> These figures represent the ratio while sententiously passing Sub
>> BE, Normal BE and Priority BE marked traffic.

>According to OED it's a real word:

Oh yes, it's quite real, it just doesn't mean anything relevant to
the context!

It's just about possible that it's a technical term, but given the
poor writing elsewhere in the speed test ("number of threads are 16")
I think it's more likely to be a mistake.

-- Richard