From: * US on
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:02:38 -0600, purple <purple(a)colorme.com> wrote:

>...Vive la
>difference! (Apologies for this accentless AmerEnglish keyboard.)

There's no such thing as a keyboard on which you can't produce that accent.

There are other ways to accomplish its production, as well.

We can be grateful that others don't try to blame their hardware for their ignorance.

Vive la diff�rence!

>Why is Sarah Palin so despised?

I don't know anyone who hates her, but plenty of people consider her a laughingstock.
From: Autymn D. C. on
On Jan 8, 1:59 pm, BruceS <bruce...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 8, 7:15 am, "Autymn D. C." <lysde...(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 5, 12:00 pm, BruceS <bruce...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Just because you don't fully understand something someone else says,
> > > don't assume that they're more intelligent than you are.  It's
> > > possible that they're talking more in their own specialty.  It's also
> > > possible that they're quite insane, and that you aren't understanding
> > > them because they make no sense.  Guess which Hammond is.
> > > Of course, some people fit both categories, but I won't name any names
> > > on that.
>
> > someone != they
> > 1 != 2
>
> > a someone -> one
> > the someone -> who
>
> :s/they're/he's
> :s/them/him
> :s/they/he
>
> That should fix it.  Sloppy typing is just lazy, but bad grammar is
> reprehensible.  The penitent apologizes for his lapse and strives to
> improve.

Uh no, it's my way or whisht. Mine are pronouns; yours abuse English,
which died 1000 years ago.