On 11/27/2013 08:10 PM, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
2013-11-22 22:16 keltezéssel, Joe Zeff írta:
On 11/22/2013 12:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
Why can't computer geeks learn to write English correctly?
What I'd like to know is where is Henry Higgins when we need him?
You must have meant 'enry 'i
2013-11-22 22:16 keltezéssel, Joe Zeff írta:
On 11/22/2013 12:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
Why can't computer geeks learn to write English correctly?
What I'd like to know is where is Henry Higgins when we need him?
You must have meant 'enry 'iggins... ;-)
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On 11/24/2013 04:53 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
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> On Nov 24, 2013, at 6:15 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
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>> On 11/23/2013 03:55 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>> On Nov 23, 2013, at 3:47 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
>>>
On 11/22/2013 09:44 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> Nope, you're wrong. Find a c
On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 12:20:50 +, Ian Malone wrote:
> [] The moderators can tell us
> to drop it, but if you want to ask them to ask then better to email the
> admin address rather than the whole list. To be honest though you could
> just ignore it. There are lots of threads I don't read on
On Nov 24, 2013, at 6:15 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 11/23/2013 03:55 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
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>> On Nov 23, 2013, at 3:47 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
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>>> On 11/22/2013 09:44 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
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Nope, you're wrong. Find a copy of New Oxford American Dictionary
and look up
On 11/23/2013 03:55 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
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> On Nov 23, 2013, at 3:47 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
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>> On 11/22/2013 09:44 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
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>>> Nope, you're wrong. Find a copy of New Oxford American Dictionary
>>> and look up the words and usage. I seriously doubt even Oxford
>>> Englis
On 24 November 2013 02:35, Roger wrote:
> Would the moderators please be kind enough to take this very tiresome off
> topic -off list- so that discussion about Fedora is not circumvented by
> trivia.
>
> Out of the thousands of lurkers and contributors, some of which are major
> corporations, go
On 24 November 2013 00:21, Bill Oliver wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Rolf Turner wrote:
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>> On 11/24/13 09:30, Robert Holtzman wrote:
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>>> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
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>>>
>>> > > But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct idea
On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:18:59 +1300
Rolf Turner wrote:
> The "p" is silent; as in phthisis. Or as in swimming. :-)
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
There are no result for Psigh in the Oxford English Dictionary,
is you meant an exacerbation it would be "Sigh"
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On 11/23/2013 07:21 PM, Bill Oliver wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Rolf Turner wrote:
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>> On 11/24/13 09:30, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>>> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
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But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas,
Would the moderators please be kind enough to take this very tiresome
off topic -off list- so that discussion about Fedora is not
circumvented by trivia.
Out of the thousands of lurkers and contributors, some of which are
major corporations, gov't agencies, teachers, scientists, people wanti
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 11/23/2013 05:04 PM, Bill Oliver wrote:
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Why, people like me, of course. All the right thinking sort :-)
Ah. I see. Not the type, then, that Ziva David insisted on calling
"redthroats."
Well, now that you mention it, and in all seriousness,
On 11/23/2013 05:04 PM, Bill Oliver wrote:
Why, people like me, of course. All the right thinking sort :-)
Ah. I see. Not the type, then, that Ziva David insisted on calling
"redthroats."
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On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 10:33:41AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
> On 11/24/13 09:30, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> >On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
>
>
> >>
> >> But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas, blurs
> >> the meaning and diminishes
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 11/23/2013 04:21 PM, Bill Oliver wrote:
It's not that you are wrong about English usage. You are wrong about
American usage. And we just don't care -- but we find it hilarious that
someone would.
What do you mean by "we," redneck?
Why, people l
On 11/23/2013 04:21 PM, Bill Oliver wrote:
It's not that you are wrong about English usage. You are wrong about
American usage. And we just don't care -- but we find it hilarious that
someone would.
What do you mean by "we," redneck?
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On Sat, 23 Nov 2013, Bill Oliver wrote:
On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Rolf Turner wrote:
On 11/24/13 09:30, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
> >
> >But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas,
> >blurs
On Sun, 24 Nov 2013, Rolf Turner wrote:
On 11/24/13 09:30, Robert Holtzman wrote:
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
>
> But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas,
> blurs
> the meaning and diminishes the language.
Ano
On 11/23/2013 04:33 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
> On 11/24/13 09:30, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
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>
/snip/
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
>
> P. S.
>
>> One should not aim at being possible to understand, but at
>> being impossib
On 11/24/13 09:30, Robert Holtzman wrote:
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas, blurs
the meaning and diminishes the language.
Another English major heard from.
Actually not true. Maths
On 11/24/13 09:52, Dan Thurman wrote:
On 11/22/2013 12:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
Psigh! What hope for humanity? :-)
Well... what is `Psigh' in English please? :P
The "p" is silent; as in phthisis. Or as in swimming. :-)
cheers,
Rolf Turner
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On 11/22/2013 12:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
Psigh! What hope for humanity? :-)
Well... what is `Psigh' in English please? :P
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On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
> On 11/23/13 10:17, inode0 wrote:
> >On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
> >>Just read some stuff on this list about "spins", a concept which had
> >>not previously impinged itself upon my consciousness. So I went and
>
On Nov 23, 2013, at 3:47 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 11/22/2013 09:44 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>
>> Nope, you're wrong. Find a copy of New Oxford American Dictionary
>> and look up the words and usage. I seriously doubt even Oxford
>> English makes such a big distinction between two words that
On Sat, 2013-11-23 at 01:26 +, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 09:54:39 +1300
> Rolf Turner wrote:
> >
> > Why can't computer geeks learn to write English correctly?
>
> http://xkcd.com/1238/
>
> HTH, :-)
> Marko
>
good one Marko,
But if we all think about it, really... Wh
On 11/22/2013 09:44 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> Nope, you're wrong. Find a copy of New Oxford American Dictionary
> and look up the words and usage. I seriously doubt even Oxford
> English makes such a big distinction between two words that share
> the same etymology and have no good reason for mean
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 09:54:39 +1300
Rolf Turner wrote:
>
> Why can't computer geeks learn to write English correctly?
http://xkcd.com/1238/
HTH, :-)
Marko
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On Friday 22 November 2013 03:04:27 PM Bill Oliver wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Nov 2013, Rolf Turner wrote:
> > On 11/23/13 10:17, inode0 wrote:
> >> In American usage this is acceptable and common.
> >>
> > But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas, blurs
> > the meaning an
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013, Rolf Turner wrote:
On 11/23/13 10:17, inode0 wrote:
In American usage this is acceptable and common.
But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas, blurs
the meaning and diminishes the language.
Yeah, we have a saying about that:
http://www.you
On 22 November 2013 22:00, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 03:17:32PM -0600, inode0 wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
>> >
>> > Just read some stuff on this list about "spins", a concept which had
>> > not previously impinged itself upon my consciousne
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 03:17:32PM -0600, inode0 wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
> >
> > Just read some stuff on this list about "spins", a concept which had
> > not previously impinged itself upon my consciousness. So I went and
> > had a look at the spins.fedoraproj
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> Nope, you're wrong. Find a copy of New Oxford American Dictionary and look
> up the words and usage. I seriously doubt even Oxford English makes such a
> big distinction between two words that share the same etymology and have no
> good reason
On Nov 22, 2013, at 2:29 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
> On 11/23/13 10:17, inode0 wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
>>> Just read some stuff on this list about "spins", a concept which had
>>> not previously impinged itself upon my consciousness. So I went and
>>> had a l
On Nov 22, 2013, at 2:17 PM, inode0 wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
>>
>> Just read some stuff on this list about "spins", a concept which had
>> not previously impinged itself upon my consciousness. So I went and
>> had a look at the spins.fedoraproject.org page.
On 11/23/13 10:17, inode0 wrote:
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
Just read some stuff on this list about "spins", a concept which had
not previously impinged itself upon my consciousness. So I went and
had a look at the spins.fedoraproject.org page. It started off by saying
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
>
> Just read some stuff on this list about "spins", a concept which had
> not previously impinged itself upon my consciousness. So I went and
> had a look at the spins.fedoraproject.org page. It started off by saying
> "What is a spin? Fedora s
On 11/22/2013 12:54 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
Why can't computer geeks learn to write English correctly?
What I'd like to know is where is Henry Higgins when we need him?
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Just read some stuff on this list about "spins", a concept which had
not previously impinged itself upon my consciousness. So I went and
had a look at the spins.fedoraproject.org page. It started off by saying
"What is a spin? Fedora spins are alternate version of Fedora, tailored
...".
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