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Young ground hog, or gofer, if you prefer
In article , RichA wrote:
http://www.pbase.com/andersonrm/imag...75140/original Isn't it "gopher"? I thought "gofer" was something entirely different. I.e. a "gofer" can be spelled "gopher", but a "gopher" can't be spelled "gofer", if you catch my drift. -- Sandman |
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Young ground hog, or gofer, if you prefer
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Sandman wrote: In article , RichA wrote: http://www.pbase.com/andersonrm/imag...75140/original Isn't it "gopher"? I thought "gofer" was something entirely different. I.e. a "gofer" can be spelled "gopher", but a "gopher" can't be spelled "gofer", if you catch my drift. This is the 21st century. Since the advent of smart phones, "correct" spelling has become old fashioned and repressive (GRIN). |
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Young ground hog, or gofer, if you prefer
On 2015-06-23 15:05:37 +0000, Whisky-dave said:
On Monday, 22 June 2015 08:54:13 UTC+1, Sandman wrote: In article , RichA wrote: http://www.pbase.com/andersonrm/imag...75140/original Isn't it "gopher"? I thought "gofer" was something entirely different. I.e. a "gofer" can be spelled "gopher", but a "gopher" can't be spelled "gofer", if you catch my drift. Bloody American drift.... we English prefer spelt as the past tense of spell. Since when was Sweden American? Many of us who are aware use "spelt". -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Young ground hog, or gofer, if you prefer
On 2015-06-23 15:11:13 +0000, Savageduck said:
On 2015-06-23 15:05:37 +0000, Whisky-dave said: On Monday, 22 June 2015 08:54:13 UTC+1, Sandman wrote: In article , RichA wrote: http://www.pbase.com/andersonrm/imag...75140/original Isn't it "gopher"? I thought "gofer" was something entirely different. I.e. a "gofer" can be spelled "gopher", but a "gopher" can't be spelled "gofer", if you catch my drift. Bloody American drift.... we English prefer spelt as the past tense of spell. Since when was Sweden American? Many of us who are aware use "spelt". ....or if you were actually quoting RichA and not Jonas, he is Canadian. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Young ground hog, or gofer, if you prefer
On 6/23/2015 11:11 AM, Savageduck wrote:
snip Since when was Sweden American? Many of us who are aware use "spelt". Only those who llke kippers and smelt. Have you ever smelt smelt? -- PeterN |
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Young ground hog, or gofer, if you prefer
On 2015-06-23 15:55:26 +0000, PeterN said:
On 6/23/2015 11:11 AM, Savageduck wrote: snip Since when was Sweden American? Many of us who are aware use "spelt". Only those who llke kippers and smelt. Have you ever smelt smelt? With an English mother and grand parents I have enjoyed kippers, but "smelt" is truly the past tense of smell. It is also the act of smelting metal in a foundary. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Young ground hog, or gofer, if you prefer
BTW Rich, very nice, colorful, sharp shot.
-- NAB In article , RichA wrote: On Monday, 22 June 2015 03:54:13 UTC-4, Sandman wrote: In article , RichA wrote: http://www.pbase.com/andersonrm/imag...75140/original Isn't it "gopher"? I thought "gofer" was something entirely different. I.e. a "gofer" can be spelled "gopher", but a "gopher" can't be spelled "gofer", if you catch my drift. -- Sandman Yes, the American name for it is gopher. |
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Young ground hog, or gofer, if you prefer
On 6/23/2015 12:17 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2015-06-23 15:55:26 +0000, PeterN said: On 6/23/2015 11:11 AM, Savageduck wrote: snip Since when was Sweden American? Many of us who are aware use "spelt". Only those who llke kippers and smelt. Have you ever smelt smelt? With an English mother and grand parents I have enjoyed kippers, but "smelt" is truly the past tense of smell. It is also the act of smelting metal in a foundary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelt_(fish) -- PeterN |
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Young ground hog, or gofer, if you prefer
On Jun 23, 2015, PeterN wrote
(in ): On 6/23/2015 12:17 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2015-06-23 15:55:26 +0000, said: On 6/23/2015 11:11 AM, Savageduck wrote: snip Since when was Sweden American? Many of us who are aware use "spelt". Only those who llke kippers and smelt. Have you ever smelt smelt? With an English mother and grand parents I have enjoyed kippers, but "smelt" is truly the past tense of smell. It is also the act of smelting metal in a foundary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelt_(fish) So? Just because a word has more than one use, context is everything. Even on that Wikipedia page the list starts with the chemical process (extracting metal from ore), then your little fishy, and the past tense of smell. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Young ground hog, or gofer, if you prefer
J. Clarke:
Flashing on a comment by some high executive at my (very) former employer. Some employee commented that he felt that they were treated like "low status gofers", and the executive in his response clearly did not have a clue what "gofer" meant in that context--for openers he corrected the spelling . . . Yeah. The spellings are "groundhog" and "gopher." But gopher is inappropriate here; the alternate name for a groundhog is a woodchuck, not a gopher, which is a different animal. -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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