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From: Nick on 2 Mar 2010 14:34 "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim(a)verizon.net> writes: > On Mar 2, 3:04 am, Nick <3-nos...(a)temporary-address.org.uk> wrote: >> "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...(a)verizon.net> writes: >> >> > Then where are you posting from? >> >> You're the persistent Google groups user IIRC. Look it up, or don't ^ Look! There's another one. Whenever you quote me there's a little underscore-like character appears where the second of my double spaces are. >> care. >> >> Actually, of course, it's "somewhere in England". > > So you're claiming there are no mathematicians, physicists, or > astrononmers in England? I find that rather hard to believe. ? I'm not claiming anything of the sort. I'm not even claiming not to be a mathematician, physicist or astronomer (although in fact I'm not any of those). I'm just denying posting from any of those groups (although, of course, I could easily post from one of those while not being one of them). But I am claiming to be sitting somewhere in England when I post. > Now I'm beginning to think you're an English major. Nope, never went into the military either. -- Online waterways route planner | http://canalplan.eu Plan trips, see photos, check facilities | http://canalplan.org.uk
From: Brian M. Scott on 2 Mar 2010 14:49 On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 20:26:39 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote in <news:cd91fa13-6720-401a-be34-76d65976b141(a)f35g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> in sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: > On Mar 1, 5:36�pm, Hatunen <hatu...(a)cox.net> wrote: >> On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 13:41:15 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels" >>> On Mar 1, 11:48 am, Hatunen <hatu...(a)cox.net> wrote: [...] >>>> Germany doesn't have states, it has laender. >>>Which, in English, are called states. >> Which English? I've may have heard that a few times, but >> English-speakers calling them states doesn't make them >> states. > If being called by some name doesn't make an entity an > example of the things called by that name, then what > does? Except, apparently, when the name is 'Christian'.
From: J. Clarke on 2 Mar 2010 14:58 On 3/2/2010 2:23 PM, Nick wrote: > "J. Clarke"<jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> writes: > >> On 3/2/2010 4:38 AM, Lewis wrote: > > [nothing I wasn't going to snip] > > Look everybody - it's Lewis and Clark(e)! > > (sorry guys) <groan>
From: R H Draney on 2 Mar 2010 15:34 Peter T. Daniels filted: > >On Mar 1, 11:28=A0pm, Evan Kirshenbaum <kirshenb...(a)hpl.hp.com> wrote: >> >> =A0 =A0 Cal. Gov. Code 19853. =A0(a) All state employees shall be entitle= >d >> =A0 =A0 to the following holidays: January 1, the third Monday in January= >, >> =A0 =A0 the third Monday in February, March 31, the last Monday in May, >> =A0 =A0 July 4, the first Monday in September, November 11, Thanksgiving >> =A0 =A0 Day, the day after Thanksgiving, December 25, the day chosen by a= >n >> =A0 =A0 employee pursuant to Section 19854, and every day appointed by th= >e >> =A0 =A0 Governor of this state for a public fast, thanksgiving, or >> =A0 =A0 holiday. >> > >Why couldn't they say "the fourth Thursday and Friday of November"? If November starts on a Friday, the fourth Friday comes before the fourth Thursday....r -- "Oy! A cat made of lead cannot fly." - Mark Brader declaims a basic scientific principle
From: Peter T. Daniels on 2 Mar 2010 15:43
On Mar 2, 2:34 pm, Nick <3-nos...(a)temporary-address.org.uk> wrote: > "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...(a)verizon.net> writes: > > > On Mar 2, 3:04 am, Nick <3-nos...(a)temporary-address.org.uk> wrote: > >> "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...(a)verizon.net> writes: > > >> > Then where are you posting from? > > >> You're the persistent Google groups user IIRC. Look it up, or don't > > ^ > Look! There's another one. Whenever you quote me there's a little > underscore-like character appears where the second of my double spaces > are. I see a caret. It has never happened when I quote any other poster, so it's not me. > >> care. > > >> Actually, of course, it's "somewhere in England". > > > So you're claiming there are no mathematicians, physicists, or > > astrononmers in England? I find that rather hard to believe. > > ? > > I'm not claiming anything of the sort. I'm not even claiming not to be > a mathematician, physicist or astronomer (although in fact I'm not any of > those). I'm just denying posting from any of those groups (although, of > course, I could easily post from one of those while not being one of > them). > > But I am claiming to be sitting somewhere in England when I post. So what? How is that relevant to the newsgroup you're reading? > > Now I'm beginning to think you're an English major. > > Nope, never went into the military either. Right, writing "somewhere in England" you wouldn't know what "English major" means. I don't know the British nominalization for someone who "reads English" "in university." |