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From: Pd on 11 Jun 2010 04:39 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > > > In article <slrni124q6.s86.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>, > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > >Born Roger, than had a small-but-significant operation. > > > > Bit-twiddling? > > Parity alteration. Really? I thought it was an Endian reversal. -- Pd
From: Jim on 11 Jun 2010 04:43 On 2010-06-11, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: >> >> > In article <slrni124q6.s86.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>, >> > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> > >> > >Born Roger, than had a small-but-significant operation. >> > >> > Bit-twiddling? >> >> Parity alteration. > > Really? I thought it was an Endian reversal. You could well be right. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: James Dore on 11 Jun 2010 07:28 On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:17:32 +0100, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-09 19:06:02 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older > Gentleman) said: > >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> >>> If I should point this out, there's always someone ready to abuse me by >>> calling me a nutter >> Only one? > > I wonder if this has become one of the longest threads in UCSM's history? > Certainly the most tedious. J -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
From: zoara on 11 Jun 2010 08:34 "Graham J" <graham(a)invalid> wrote: > Are there languages which have more than three genders? Czech, Russian and Polish, IIRC A multilingual friend - who was living in Russia at the time, and learning Czech for fun - tried to explain this to me. Can't say I really understood. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Chris Ridd on 11 Jun 2010 10:32
On 2010-06-11 13:34:49 +0100, zoara said: > "Graham J" <graham(a)invalid> wrote: > >> Are there languages which have more than three genders? > > Czech, Russian and Polish, IIRC > > A multilingual friend - who was living in Russia at the time, and > learning Czech for fun - tried to explain this to me. Can't say I really > understood. Apparently they distinguish between inanimate and animate. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender#List_of_languages_by_type_of_grammatical_genders> Interestingly, Swahili has 18 grammatical genders. -- Chris |