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From: Peter on 1 Jun 2010 21:22 "John McWilliams" <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:hu1jp9$e7t$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Robert Coe wrote: >> On Mon, 31 May 2010 15:52:51 -0700, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> >> wrote: >> : Pete wrote: > >> : > "A couple of flower macros for you to enjoy (and/or critisize)." >> : > : > I enjoyed them (thanks Robert S). >> : > : > This is a photography newsgroup not an English lesson. >> : : : There should be an apostrophe after the word "newsgroup"....! >> :-) >> >> Actually, the word you were groping for there is "comma". > > No groping at all: Just seeing if anyone knew the difference and was > paying attention; I wasn't! .... :-) > Some of us were in a coma over commas. But whats an extra em between friends. > Besides, you left out the more interesting target: > > > Not to criticalicate anything, though.... > Nothing wrong with creating a new word. We call it vocabulation. > -- > john mcwilliams -- Peter
From: Robert Coe on 1 Jun 2010 22:38 On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:43:18 -0400, "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote: : : "John McWilliams" <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote in message : news:hu23jf$1b6$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... : > Pete wrote: : >> On 2010-06-01 01:20:57 +0100, John McWilliams said: : >>> Robert Coe wrote: : >>>> On Mon, 31 May 2010 15:52:51 -0700, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: : >>>> : Pete wrote: : : >>>> : > "A couple of flower macros for you to enjoy (and/or critisize)." : : >>>> : > : > I enjoyed them (thanks Robert S). : >>>> : > : > This is a photography newsgroup not an English lesson. : : >>>> : : : There should be an apostrophe after the word : : : "newsgroup"....! :-) : : >>>> Actually, the word you were groping for there is "comma". : : >>> No groping at all: Just seeing if anyone knew the difference and was paying attention; I wasn't! .... :-) : : >> I should've groped for that comma. I get in a muddle, I thought comma groping was something I ought to stop doing. : >> : >> You could've written: there should be a catastrophe after the word "newsgroup" :-) : : > I guess that's in the unspoken word regarding most NGs in this century. : : >>> Besides, you left out the more interesting target: : : >>> > Not to criticalicate anything, though.... : : >> An excellent word. No results from Google, which must be a first. : : > Bob came up with a good'un, too. -- : > John McWilliams : : All the new words were "perfectly cromulent", as Lisa Simpson : would have pointed out...;-) No, no! Not Lisa. it was a conversation between two adult women: 1: [uses the word "embiggen"] 2: You know, I'd never heard that word until I moved to Springfield. 1: I don't know why. It's a perfectly cromulent word! Bob
From: Robert Coe on 1 Jun 2010 22:40 On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:10:00 -0500, Allen <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote: : Pete wrote: : > On 2010-06-01 01:20:57 +0100, John McWilliams said: : > : >> Robert Coe wrote: : >>> On Mon, 31 May 2010 15:52:51 -0700, John McWilliams : >>> <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: : >>> : Pete wrote: : >> : >>> : > "A couple of flower macros for you to enjoy (and/or critisize)." : >>> : > : > I enjoyed them (thanks Robert S). : >>> : > : > This is a photography newsgroup not an English lesson. : >>> : : : There should be an apostrophe after the word : >>> "newsgroup"....! :-) : >>> : >>> Actually, the word you were groping for there is "comma". : >> : >> No groping at all: Just seeing if anyone knew the difference and was : >> paying attention; I wasn't! .... :-) : > : > I should've groped for that comma. I get in a muddle, I thought comma : > groping was something I ought to stop doing. : > : > You could've written: there should be a catastrophe after the word : > "newsgroup" :-) : > : >> Besides, you left out the more interesting target: : >> : >> > Not to criticalicate anything, though.... : > : > An excellent word. No results from Google, which must be a first. : > : Check now. There it is, as part of--rec.photo.digital! Good lord! How self-referential is that? Bob
From: Robert Coe on 1 Jun 2010 22:46 On Mon, 31 May 2010 23:01:48 -0700, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: : On 2010-05-31 21:54:59 -0700, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> said: : : > tony cooper wrote: : >> On Mon, 31 May 2010 15:52:51 -0700, John McWilliams : >> <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: : >> : >>> Pete wrote: : >>>> On 2010-05-31 23:31:54 +0100, Dudley Hanks said: : >>>> : >>>>> "Robert Coe" <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote in message : >>>>> news:80d806leqf30v8ep1q2aqjgq3d3lr84asu(a)4ax.com... : >>>>>> On Sun, 30 May 2010 17:26:08 GMT, "MC" <any(a)any.any> wrote: : >>>>>> : Richard wrote: : >>>>>> : : >>>>>> : > "MC" <any(a)any.any> wrote in message : >>>>>> : > news:xn0gur32t1mhtg000(a)news.virginmedia.com... : >>>>>> : > > Robert Spanjaard wrote: : >>>>>> : > > : >>>>>> : > > > A couple of flower macros for you to enjoy (and/or critisize). : >>>>>> : > > > : >>>>>> : > > > They might do well in the Wallpaper Shootin too, especially 4 and : >>>>>> : > > > 5. But I already submitted a different shot. : >>>>>> : > > > : >>>>>> : > > > http://www.arumes.com/temp/macro/ : >>>>>> : > > : >>>>>> : > > You should first ask yourself, as should every photographer who : >>>>>> : > > wishes to put their photos on public dispaly (let alone unashemedly : >>>>>> : > > publicise the websites containing said pictures), are they really : >>>>>> : > > worthy of public scrutiny? You must, firstly, be your own harshest : >>>>>> : > > critic and then (and only then) allow others to critcise. : >>>>>> : > > : >>>>>> : > > May I ask why you think these are worthy? : >>>>>> : > > : >>>>>> : > > MC : >>>>>> : > : >>>>>> : > No. If you have to ask permission to ask a question, you are not : >>>>>> : > worthy of asking the question. : >>>>>> : > : >>>>>> : > Richard : >>>>>> : : >>>>>> : Hmm... I was not asking permission in the context of asking permission : >>>>>> : but merely as vehicle of politeness. : >>>>>> : >>>>>> Politeness? You were sneering at the man's photos. Where's the politeness in : >>>>>> that? : >>>>>> : >>>>>> Bob : >>>>> Perhaps, before posting a criticism to a public group for scrutiny, the : >>>>> critic should ask himself whether or not the grammar, spelling, syntax, : >>>>> tone, etc of his message is worthy of public attention... : >>>>> : >>>>> He really should be his own harshest critic... : >>>>> : >>>>> Take Care, : >>>>> Dudley : >>>> The OP wrote: : >>>> "A couple of flower macros for you to enjoy (and/or critisize)." : >>>> : >>>> I enjoyed them (thanks Robert S). : >>>> : >>>> This is a photography newsgroup not an English lesson. : >>> : >>> There should be an apostrophe after the word "newsgroup"....! :-) : >> : >> An example of Skitt's Law: Spelling or grammar flames always contain : >> spelling or grammar errors : > : > 'Ceptin' mine contain made up errs, as I don' make 'em otherwize. : >> : >> You impropergatedly typed an ellipsis...one too many periods/full : >> stops. : > : > Did Herb Caen (SF Chronicle/r) limit himself in numbers of dots....... : > I don't think so! : : Aah! An elliptical reference to an incorrect form of ellipsis, or in : your case a double ellipsis, two groups of 3 dots which should be : separated by a space. : Unless you have just created the "ellipsis-plex" made up of any number : of dots of your choosing, and ambiguous significance. Can we induce Google to admit "ellipsicate" into the canon? (Pun intended.) Bob
From: Robert Coe on 1 Jun 2010 22:52
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:07:16 -0500, George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com> wrote: : : : : On 5/31/10 11:54 PM, in article hu23r6$2h9$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, : "John McWilliams" <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: : : > tony cooper wrote: : >> On Mon, 31 May 2010 15:52:51 -0700, John McWilliams : >> <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: : >> : >>> Pete wrote: : >>>> On 2010-05-31 23:31:54 +0100, Dudley Hanks said: : >>>> : >>>>> "Robert Coe" <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote in message : >>>>> news:80d806leqf30v8ep1q2aqjgq3d3lr84asu(a)4ax.com... : >>>>>> On Sun, 30 May 2010 17:26:08 GMT, "MC" <any(a)any.any> wrote: : >>>>>> : Richard wrote: : >>>>>> : : >>>>>> : > "MC" <any(a)any.any> wrote in message : >>>>>> : > news:xn0gur32t1mhtg000(a)news.virginmedia.com... : >>>>>> : > > Robert Spanjaard wrote: : >>>>>> : > > : >>>>>> : > > > A couple of flower macros for you to enjoy (and/or critisize). : >>>>>> : > > > : >>>>>> : > > > They might do well in the Wallpaper Shootin too, especially 4 : >>>>>> and : >>>>>> : > > > 5. But I already submitted a different shot. : >>>>>> : > > > : >>>>>> : > > > http://www.arumes.com/temp/macro/ : >>>>>> : > > : >>>>>> : > > You should first ask yourself, as should every photographer who : >>>>>> : > > wishes to put their photos on public dispaly (let alone : >>>>>> unashemedly : >>>>>> : > > publicise the websites containing said pictures), are they really : >>>>>> : > > worthy of public scrutiny? You must, firstly, be your own : >>>>>> harshest : >>>>>> : > > critic and then (and only then) allow others to critcise. : >>>>>> : > > : >>>>>> : > > May I ask why you think these are worthy? : >>>>>> : > > : >>>>>> : > > MC : >>>>>> : > : >>>>>> : > No. If you have to ask permission to ask a question, you are not : >>>>>> : > worthy of asking the question. : >>>>>> : > : >>>>>> : > Richard : >>>>>> : : >>>>>> : Hmm... I was not asking permission in the context of asking permission : >>>>>> : but merely as vehicle of politeness. : >>>>>> : >>>>>> Politeness? You were sneering at the man's photos. Where's the : >>>>>> politeness in : >>>>>> that? : >>>>>> : >>>>>> Bob : >>>>> Perhaps, before posting a criticism to a public group for scrutiny, : >>>>> the critic should ask himself whether or not the grammar, spelling, : >>>>> syntax, tone, etc of his message is worthy of public attention... : >>>>> : >>>>> He really should be his own harshest critic... : >>>>> : >>>>> Take Care, : >>>>> Dudley : >>>> The OP wrote: : >>>> "A couple of flower macros for you to enjoy (and/or critisize)." : >>>> : >>>> I enjoyed them (thanks Robert S). : >>>> : >>>> This is a photography newsgroup not an English lesson. : >>> : >>> There should be an apostrophe after the word "newsgroup"....! :-) : >> : >> An example of Skitt's Law: Spelling or grammar flames always contain : >> spelling or grammar errors : > : > 'Ceptin' mine contain made up errs, as I don' make 'em otherwize. : >> : >> You impropergatedly typed an ellipsis...one too many periods/full : >> stops. : > : > Did Herb Caen (SF Chronicle/r) limit himself in numbers of dots....... I : > don't think so! : >> : >>> Not to criticalicate : >> : >> That could be considered to be a nonce word. : >> : >>> anything, though.... : > : > For the nonce, over and out, g'night all, at precisely 9:54:04 PM PDT on : > Monday, May 31, 2010 : : What's plural of "y'all"? "y'all all". You're not gonna stump me, George. I grew up a southerner. : : : : : : . : : : . : : : : . : : : : . : : : : . : : : : : . : : : : : : . : : : Ready? : : . : : : : : : . : : : : : : . : : : : . : : : Y'all sure? : : : : . : : : : . : : : . : : . : : . : : : . : : : : : : : . : : . : : : : : Here goes.... : : : : : . : : : : : : . : : : : : : . : : : : "All y'all" Well, that too. Bob |