Proposal for an iPad newsgroup
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From: Doug Anderson on 28 Mar 2010 12:22 "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk(a)chinet.com> writes: > Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.koskensilta(a)uta.fi> wrote: > >(Mac groups dropped.) > > restored > > >"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk(a)chinet.com> writes: > > >>No, there's no such exception, but I don't use the style manuals > >>published by the World's International Association of Incompetent > >>Writers. > > >Come now, singular or generic they is perfectly acceptable, and has been > >for ages. Your religious fanaticism is not very becoming. > > You don't get to declare plural words to be singular. You don't get to > declare that 4 is greater than 5. There is a word for people who create > their own false reality then try to get others to believe it's true. I assume then that you apply this word to your self. You are creating a false reality where the word "their" is not considered an acceptable substitute for "his or her." And you are trying to convince others that this is true. Even if one reads published, edited writing (and more so if one listens to spoken writing, including among the educated) one has to conclude that any writer who uses "their" for "his or her" can safely count his or her self in the majority.
From: pandora on 28 Mar 2010 19:43 On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:22:18 -0800, Doug Anderson wrote: > "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk(a)chinet.com> writes: > >> Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.koskensilta(a)uta.fi> wrote: >> >(Mac groups dropped.) >> >> restored >> >> >"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk(a)chinet.com> writes: >> >> >>No, there's no such exception, but I don't use the style manuals >> >>published by the World's International Association of Incompetent >> >>Writers. >> >> >Come now, singular or generic they is perfectly acceptable, and has >> >been for ages. Your religious fanaticism is not very becoming. >> >> You don't get to declare plural words to be singular. You don't get to >> declare that 4 is greater than 5. There is a word for people who create >> their own false reality then try to get others to believe it's true. > > I assume then that you apply this word to your self. You are creating a > false reality where the word "their" is not considered an acceptable > substitute for "his or her." And you are trying to convince others that > this is true. > > Even if one reads published, edited writing (and more so if one listens > to spoken writing, including among the educated) one has to conclude > that any writer who uses "their" for "his or her" can safely count his > or her self in the majority. I believe the word in contention was "they".
From: Aratzio on 28 Mar 2010 21:59 On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:42:33 -0400, in the land of alt.config, -= Hawk =- <Hawk(a)SPAMcfl.SUCKSrr.com> got double secret probation for writing: >On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:49:07 +0900, CL <flothru(a)yahoo.com> scribbled: > >>Adam H. Kerman wrote: >> >>> There is a word for people who create >>> their own false reality then try to get others to believe it's true. >> >>Fox News Commentator? > >Bullises? You do know RtS is alive and posting in 24hoursupport.helpdesk
From: pandora on 29 Mar 2010 16:09 On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:06:59 -0400, -= Hawk =- wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:07:42 -0400, X-factor <xr(a)nospam.com> scribbled: > >>In article <dkdvq55sejgu9tlcnn67a4teg518i5jfq2(a)isp5.newshosting.com>, >> -= Hawk =- <Hawk(a)SPAMcfl.SUCKSrr.com> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:52:45 -0400, X-factor <xr(a)nospam.com> >>> scribbled: >>> >>> >> > Really, where would this proposal be if I had not assisted in >>> >> > bringing the alt.config and news.groups teams together to make >>> >> > this a viable project >>> > >>> >No need to go through any of the alt.config stuff anymore for an alt >>> >group. Just send the control message to the server it should add it. >>> >If you send the control message to a giganews server, all servers >>> >will add it almost instantly. >>> >>> You really have no clue, do you? >> >>I'm afraid it is not me who has no clue. I've created over 200 Usenet >>newsgroups over the past 25 years. > > Wait... am I supposed to be impressed? You've created 200 spam traps > that probably never proagated to more than a handful of servers, woo. > I'm in... well, awe doesn't quite do it. > > How about we name a holiday in your honor? A statue! Would you like a > statue? I think a statue would be very appropriate.
From: Thomas Lee on 29 Mar 2010 17:51
In message <slrnhqlh7c.vj2.jon+usenet(a)snowy.squish.net>, Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet(a)unequivocal.co.uk> writes >On 2010-03-24, -= Hawk =- <Hawk(a)SPAMcfl.SUCKSrr.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:23:46 +0000, Thomas Lee <tfl(a)psp.co.uk> >> scribbled: >>>carry a lot of training material that's been printed out. A laptop is >>>too big for me and a phone/Ipod Touch etc too small. The iPad is likely >>>to be very useful for me and I am probably going to have one as soon as >>>the 3G versions are available here. For me, the price seems about right >>>for what I'd be getting. >>> >>>And NO, I am NOT an apple fan-boi. >> >> Of COURSE you're not. > >He's not an apple fan-boi, he's a microsoft weenie. I can not totally deny that point. -- Thomas Lee - tfl(a)psp.co.uk A member of, but not speaking for, The Big-8 Management Board |