Re: can I idiot-proof TB by adding a 30 sec global delay to all send-messages?
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:45:17 -0700
- From: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: can I idiot-proof TB by adding a 30 sec global delay to all send-messages?
Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
> squaredancer wrote:
>> On 10.07.2008 12:37, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Jay Garcia to
>> generate the following:? :
>>> On 10.07.2008 04:15, Daniel wrote:
>>>
>>> --- Original Message ---
>>>
>>>
>>>> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> squaredancer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08.07.2008 18:42, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Blinky
>>>>>> the Shark to generate the following:? :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Real Bev wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In both Quebec and France it is pronounced foe paw
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> foe PAH! I don't think there's a 'paw' sound.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> well, I pronounce pah and paw the exact same way
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So does a dog have four pahs, or do you show disgust by
>>>>>>>>>>>>> saying paw?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Paw, that question doesn't make sense to my Pa, tho the dog
>>>>>>>>>>>> did offer to shake my hand.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> pah paw pa - all the same to me
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What's your location?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Fergus Ontario Canada at the moment
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "At the moment" reminds me that I should've asked where you were
>>>>>>>>> as a child when pronunciations were learned.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's supposed to be : when pronunciations were taught. You
>>>>>>>> can't learn anyone any thing you can only teach them ;-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Don't be dim. "When pronunciations were learned" referred to Moz
>>>>>>> Champion. "When pronunciations were learned by you" would've been
>>>>>>> the long form, but to anyone with a clue about the language "when
>>>>>>> pronunciations were learned" was adequate; it would've been
>>>>>>> obvious that that meant learned *...by you, Moz Champion*.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> a true Cockney fella would tell you:
>>>>>> "I ain't nevva learned nuffink"
>>>>>> (I have not never learnt nothing)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> go to the bottom of that and tell me just how much that guy *did*
>>>>>> learn!
>>>>>> What he *actually* means though is that he is "innocent of all
>>>>>> learning"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> reg
>>>>>>
>>>>> All he negatives cancel each other out.
>>>>> (I have not never learnt nothing)
>>>>>
>>>>> actually means (I have never learnt nothing)
>>>>>
>>>>> which really means (I have at least learnt something)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Surely the "not never", being a double negative, would translate as a
>>>> positive, so "I have not never learnt nothing" should become "I have
>>>> (__ __) learnt nothing"!
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>> Actually it should be "I have never learned anything".
>>>
>>>
>> Jay - I am surprised that YOU TOO are innocent of all learning *LOL*
>> But, on the serious side - it gets to be like a tongue-twister, doesn't
>> it... let's see who stutters the most!
>>
>> Another of my pet hates... "I'm almost not quite finished"
>>
>> reg
>>
> Sort of Like.
>
> How many Chucks would a Woodchuck chuck, if a Woodchuck would chuck wood?
It's "how much wood", not "how many Chucks". It's about chucking wood,
not chucking chucks.
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