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#31
August 22nd 04, 10:21 PM
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One should point out punctuation to people who think that owning a 4x5
camera makes them a pro (or should that be "makes them prose"?). I'm never in a bad mood when that moron John Douglas shows up - It's fun to have an airbag or two to puncture. Can't say the same about Browne though - some airbags just emanate noxious gas, and he is one of that group. -- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html "Mark M" wrote in message news:2w6Wc.93394$Lj.76730@fed1read03... "Alan Browne" wrote in message .. . Tony Spadaro wrote: Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put an apostrophy in the word. "Pro's don't use 35mm." ... and on usenet, obsession with punctuation and grammar is usually the sign of somebody with little else valuable to say. Tony was just in a bad mood.  
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#32
August 22nd 04, 10:49 PM
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"Mark M" wrote in message news:sv6Wc.93393$Lj.66946@fed1read03... "Colin D" wrote in message ... Tony Spadaro wrote: Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put an apostrophy in the word. "Pro's don't use 35mm." What a maroon! Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last letter of the full word. Use of an apostrophe wouldn't apply to an abbreviation anyway unless you're showing posession... It ain't not gonna's work's them's way's like's he's done's it. I think that he's saying that the, " ' " = "fessional", so instead of saying, "professionals" he says, "pro's".
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#33
August 22nd 04, 10:59 PM
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Mark M wrote:
[] Tony was just in a bad mood. He Killfiled me under similar circumstances.....my proudest moment! Cheers, David
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#34
August 22nd 04, 11:01 PM
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"William Graham" wrote in message news:Qx8Wc.212476$eM2.34807@attbi_s51... "Mark M" wrote in message news:sv6Wc.93393$Lj.66946@fed1read03... "Colin D" wrote in message ... Tony Spadaro wrote: Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put an apostrophy in the word. "Pro's don't use 35mm." What a maroon! Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last letter of the full word. Use of an apostrophe wouldn't apply to an abbreviation anyway unless you're showing posession... It ain't not gonna's work's them's way's like's he's done's it. I think that he's saying that the, " ' " = "fessional", so instead of saying, "professionals" he says, "pro's". I don't think that works either...but when push comes to shove...it doesn't really matter on use-net...
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#35
August 22nd 04, 11:04 PM
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"Tony Spadaro" wrote in message r.com... One should point out punctuation to people who think that owning a 4x5 camera makes them a pro (or should that be "makes them prose"?). I'm never in a bad mood when that moron John Douglas shows up - It's fun to have an airbag or two to puncture. Can't say the same about Browne though - some airbags just emanate noxious gas, and he is one of that group. OK... So you didn't go for the little keyboard gizmo... How about this: I've got this great punching bag in my garage. The best thing about it is that it's not just a bag...it looks like a person from teh waist--up. So... You can beat the crap out of anyone you imagine him to be! Best of all, he looks like a real thug in need of a nice beating. Does wonders for when irritating people get out of hand... -- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html "Mark M" wrote in message news:2w6Wc.93394$Lj.76730@fed1read03... "Alan Browne" wrote in message .. . Tony Spadaro wrote: Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put an apostrophy in the word. "Pro's don't use 35mm." ... and on usenet, obsession with punctuation and grammar is usually the sign of somebody with little else valuable to say. Tony was just in a bad mood.
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#36
August 22nd 04, 11:04 PM
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"Tony Spadaro" wrote in message r.com... One should point out punctuation to people who think that owning a 4x5 camera makes them a pro (or should that be "makes them prose"?). I'm never in a bad mood when that moron John Douglas shows up - It's fun to have an airbag or two to puncture. Can't say the same about Browne though - some airbags just emanate noxious gas, and he is one of that group. OK... So you didn't go for the little keyboard gizmo... How about this: I've got this great punching bag in my garage. The best thing about it is that it's not just a bag...it looks like a person from teh waist--up. So... You can beat the crap out of anyone you imagine him to be! Best of all, he looks like a real thug in need of a nice beating. Does wonders for when irritating people get out of hand... -- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html "Mark M" wrote in message news:2w6Wc.93394$Lj.76730@fed1read03... "Alan Browne" wrote in message .. . Tony Spadaro wrote: Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put an apostrophy in the word. "Pro's don't use 35mm." ... and on usenet, obsession with punctuation and grammar is usually the sign of somebody with little else valuable to say. Tony was just in a bad mood.
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#37
August 22nd 04, 11:17 PM
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"Mark M" wrote in message news:MI8Wc.93423$Lj.56518@fed1read03... "William Graham" wrote in message news:Qx8Wc.212476$eM2.34807@attbi_s51... "Mark M" wrote in message news:sv6Wc.93393$Lj.66946@fed1read03... "Colin D" wrote in message ... Tony Spadaro wrote: Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put an apostrophy in the word. "Pro's don't use 35mm." What a maroon! Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last letter of the full word. Use of an apostrophe wouldn't apply to an abbreviation anyway unless you're showing posession... It ain't not gonna's work's them's way's like's he's done's it. I think that he's saying that the, " ' " = "fessional", so instead of saying, "professionals" he says, "pro's". I don't think that works either...but when push comes to shove...it doesn't really matter on use-net... Yeah.....If I can decipher the message at all, I usually don't bother to attempt to correct it......After all, I'm lucky that English is my native language. I thank God that I don't have to do this in some other language.....
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#38
August 22nd 04, 11:28 PM
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"William Graham" wrote in message news  X8Wc.39192$Fg5.12645@attbi_s53..."Mark M" wrote in message news:MI8Wc.93423$Lj.56518@fed1read03... "William Graham" wrote in message news:Qx8Wc.212476$eM2.34807@attbi_s51... "Mark M" wrote in message news:sv6Wc.93393$Lj.66946@fed1read03... "Colin D" wrote in message ... Tony Spadaro wrote: Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put an apostrophy in the word. "Pro's don't use 35mm." What a maroon! Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last letter of the full word. Use of an apostrophe wouldn't apply to an abbreviation anyway unless you're showing posession... It ain't not gonna's work's them's way's like's he's done's it. I think that he's saying that the, " ' " = "fessional", so instead of saying, "professionals" he says, "pro's". I don't think that works either...but when push comes to shove...it doesn't really matter on use-net... Yeah.....If I can decipher the message at all, I usually don't bother to attempt to correct it......After all, I'm lucky that English is my native language. I thank God that I don't have to do this in some other language..... I am convinced that English is one of the world's worst languages when it comes to correct use and spelling, etc. So many broken "rules" of spelling, conjugation, and grammar, as well as so many identical words with different meanings--and even pronunciations. -Truly a mess of a language. I suppose this comes from the fact that English has such a mixture of influence from so many other languages. Look up the word "run" in the dictionary for a mind-bogglingly long list of definitions. I pity the person who has to learn English as an adult (kids pick up any language like they do ice cream).
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#39
August 22nd 04, 11:40 PM
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"Mark M" wrote in message news:G69Wc.93430$Lj.14909@fed1read03... "William Graham" wrote in message news X8Wc.39192$Fg5.12645@attbi_s53..."Mark M" wrote in message news:MI8Wc.93423$Lj.56518@fed1read03... "William Graham" wrote in message news:Qx8Wc.212476$eM2.34807@attbi_s51... "Mark M" wrote in message news:sv6Wc.93393$Lj.66946@fed1read03... "Colin D" wrote in message ... Tony Spadaro wrote: Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put an apostrophy in the word. "Pro's don't use 35mm." What a maroon! Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last letter of the full word. Use of an apostrophe wouldn't apply to an abbreviation anyway unless you're showing posession... It ain't not gonna's work's them's way's like's he's done's it. I think that he's saying that the, " ' " = "fessional", so instead of saying, "professionals" he says, "pro's". I don't think that works either...but when push comes to shove...it doesn't really matter on use-net... Yeah.....If I can decipher the message at all, I usually don't bother to attempt to correct it......After all, I'm lucky that English is my native language. I thank God that I don't have to do this in some other language..... I am convinced that English is one of the world's worst languages when it comes to correct use and spelling, etc. So many broken "rules" of spelling, conjugation, and grammar, as well as so many identical words with different meanings--and even pronunciations. -Truly a mess of a language. I suppose this comes from the fact that English has such a mixture of influence from so many other languages. Look up the word "run" in the dictionary for a mind-bogglingly long list of definitions. I pity the person who has to learn English as an adult (kids pick up any language like they do ice cream). Yes, and it's changing all the time. There must be several new words being hatched up every day....Probably also a result of the foreign influence. And people are also turning the verbs into nouns and visa-versa all the time. And the teen-age slang that is always coming up the pipe....I'm sure glad that I don't have to publish a dictionary....
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#40
August 23rd 04, 12:07 AM
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Be more fun if he was holding a Nikon.
-- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html "Mark M" wrote in message news:BL8Wc.93424$Lj.46557@fed1read03... "Tony Spadaro" wrote in message r.com... One should point out punctuation to people who think that owning a 4x5 camera makes them a pro (or should that be "makes them prose"?). I'm never in a bad mood when that moron John Douglas shows up - It's fun to have an airbag or two to puncture. Can't say the same about Browne though - some airbags just emanate noxious gas, and he is one of that group. OK... So you didn't go for the little keyboard gizmo... How about this: I've got this great punching bag in my garage. The best thing about it is that it's not just a bag...it looks like a person from teh waist--up. So... You can beat the crap out of anyone you imagine him to be! Best of all, he looks like a real thug in need of a nice beating. Does wonders for when irritating people get out of hand... -- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html "Mark M" wrote in message news:2w6Wc.93394$Lj.76730@fed1read03... "Alan Browne" wrote in message .. . Tony Spadaro wrote: Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put an apostrophy in the word. "Pro's don't use 35mm." ... and on usenet, obsession with punctuation and grammar is usually the sign of somebody with little else valuable to say. Tony was just in a bad mood.
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