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R H Draney
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:17 pm
Post subject: Re: Lemi- = half; Duodeca = 12 |
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Charles Riggs filted:
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If you don't care enough about your writing to edit it, you ought to
be writing sentences for your dairy, not displaying them for the world
to see.
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Having a little bout of lactose intolerance there?...r |
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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:19 pm
Post subject: Re: Lemi- = half; Duodeca = 12 |
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"Charles Riggs" <chriggs@eircom.net> wrote...
| Quote: | "Jess Askin" <nemo@nowhere.net> wrote:
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Jess sends his posts in batches. I reckon this means he edits them
before letting them fly, as some misguided folks here do.
It shows.
If you don't care enough about your writing to edit it, you ought to
be writing sentences for your dairy, not displaying them for the world
to see.
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Yes -- these people need to be more careful how they churn stuff out.
Matti |
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:24 pm
Post subject: Re: Lemi- = half; Duodeca = 12 |
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:20:01 +0100, Charles Riggs <chriggs@eircom.net>
wrote:
| Quote: | On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:54:19 -0500, "Jess Askin" <nemo@nowhere.net
wrote:
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Jess sends his posts in batches. I reckon this means he edits them
before letting them fly, as some misguided folks here do.
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This must be "Riggs Law" in action. A sentence edited before letting
it fly that reads the opposite of what it was intended to say.
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Tony Cooper
Orlando FL |
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Skitt
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:10 pm
Post subject: Re: Lemi- = half; Duodeca = 12 |
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Tony Cooper wrote:
| Quote: | Charles Riggs wrote:
"Jess Askin" wrote:
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Jess sends his posts in batches. I reckon this means he edits them
before letting them fly, as some misguided folks here do.
This must be "Riggs Law" in action. A sentence edited before letting
it fly that reads the opposite of what it was intended to say.
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Maybe it was irony of the British kind. You never know, you know.
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Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/ |
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Jess Askin
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:34 pm
Post subject: Re: Lemi- = half; Duodeca = 12 |
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"Charles Riggs" <chriggs@eircom.net> wrote in message
news:pj9me1pc9213ohfrs78duqu1hjfq76emo1@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:54:19 -0500, "Jess Askin" <nemo@nowhere.net
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Jess sends his posts in batches.
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That's not me, it's my ISP! No clue why that happens. Very frustrating,
though, especially when I discover that someone else's post making the same
point has arrived before mine.
| Quote: | I reckon this means he edits them
before letting them fly, as some misguided folks here do.
It shows.
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I *think* that's a compliment, in which case, thank you Charles.
| Quote: | If you don't care enough about your writing to edit it, you ought to
be writing sentences for your dairy, not displaying them for the world
to see.
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I'm assuming that's intentional Oi!-bait. |
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joshuafrfld701
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I vaguely recalling having heard
it used at some time. It would be along the lines of the "duodecimal" system
commonly used in American public libraries. |
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