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On 8/22/2013 10:21 AM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:14:00 +0200, Sandman wrote: In article , Whisky-dave wrote: A while ago a Spanish girl asked me what's the differnce between "it's ********" and it's the "dogs ********" when english people say that. Would you care to explain it ? The origin of the expression is highly debated. I remember the Eddie Izzard sketch when he makes fun of it For me, I think it's a version of the expressions "cat's pajamas" and "bee's knees", but there are many theories out there. Eric Partridge thinks it comes from the typographic ":-" but that sounds a bit far fetched to me. Partridge did not say it came "from" the typographic [sic] colon-dash. He said it was a printer's term *for* the typographical colon-dash. It's a logical assumption given the visual form. "********" are testicles, and the colon is the two testicles and the dash is the dog. From the rear, that what we see. Whether the expression originated with the printers, or if the printers took up the expression to describe the colon-dash, is not known. What is interestng to me is that "the dog's ********" is an expression that is used to describe something good, but the use of just "********" is used to say "Untrue!", and even "Outrageously untrue!". Jonas' comments about a misplaced grammatical error in Dave's statement is ********. Also interesting to me is that we say "It's the dog's ********" to mean "It's a good thing", but we say "It's a dog's breakfast" to mean it's a mess, or complete rubbish. Testicles are good, but food is bad. Of course, dogs will eat some strange things. It's gets more interesting when we find that "a dog's dinner", unlike the breakfast, is a good thing like the dog's ********. Jonas, who will allegedly not read this, would probably not accept the difference between "from" and "for" in this context given his past demonstrations of denial of mistakes, but it needs be said. The advantage of Jonas' killfile is that he can continue in ignorance, but the disadvantage is that he will continue in ignorance. Auto-imposto ignoranza = arroganza -- PeterN |
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sid wrote: you moron Anyway, Sid, how's the weather in Wales? -- Sandman[.net] |
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Whisky-dave wrote: So it was a spelling mistake, so you didn;t know how to spell me. Is that a serious question, Dave? if you spell "me" wrong ... I've never spelt "the" wrong but I often hit the keys in the wrong order resulting in "teh" rarely if ever "het" or "eht" I call those errors typos some may think it's due to gravity, but not me. I spelled "me" wrong in the same way you spell "the" wrong. I thopught it was a typo Uh, "typo" (short for "typographical error") and spelling mistake is the same thing. Not sure what point you're trying to get across here. Well it isn't for me. Actually, no. Definitions of words apply to us all. or some call these brain farts which is where one word comes into your head but another gets written. Sure, but that wasn't it, here. Well I've no way on knowing Other than, of course, the fact that I've explicitly told you. I made a spelling mistake (i.e. I spelled "me" as "my"), as I said I though that was a typo but if it's a spelling mistake fair enough. It's the same thing. Not for you perhaps but for most people I think it is a differnt thing. Did you need to look up the spelling of me in a dictionary after I informed you of your possible error ? Huh? Do you even know yourself what you're typing right now? Sorry, I can't understand much of what you wrote above. I mean, I can probably understand what words you were supposed to write, but not what you mean by it. A 'joke' heard for the 1000th time is rarely funny again. A coloured friend of mine used to be called chalkie, but after a few years he didn't find it funny. I like cars. I know what the intention was, but it just got a bit tiresome after teh 4th or so time That would be quite the feat since I had said it exactly *once* before this thread. I have the ability to remmeber this outisde of this thread. Huh? I had called you drunk *ONCE* *BEFORE* this thread. I.e. outside this thread. You said it got tiresome after the fourth time. So who said it the other three times? I had only said it once. It was fun the first time but it's happened 100s of times over the years. Not by me. Surely you're not holding me responsible for people calling you Drunk Dave hundreds of times over the years? I wouldn't hold you responsible for anything. So, have you abandoned the idea of you being called Drunk Dave hundreds of times already? That was short. and obviously you took offense with this. That wasn't my intention, so I apologize, again. Again I wasn;t offended as such just found it rather pathetic after you'd been told. When was I told? Whenever you've said I was drunk. No I wasn't. Please quote you (or anyone) telling me anything about this. Failure to do so means you're lying here. No, sorry, they're not typo's. I don't care about typo's, I make lots of them myself. Often, you miss punctuation and you insert weird characters like semi colons and such here and there. Think that's the keyboard I tend to hit the wrong key. So learn how the keyboard works, THEN type on it. Learn how to spell "me" it's not that difficult is it. At least I'm not blaming the keyboard. And it's still ironic to have you point out spelling errors. -- Sandman[.net] |
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Sandman wrote:
Blog post: http://jonaseklundh.se/pages/Nora12?lang=en My and my family went to the small town of Nora, Sweden to go on a real steam train. Very beautiful! Hi Jonas, Thanks for the nice pictures. I especially enjoyed the trains, as they reminded me of my youth, when I actually rode in steam powered trains, both in the USA and in Europe. You will get many critiques about your pictures on line; some of them are genuine and nice, while some of them are unfair to say the least. It is hardly polite or fair to criticize a Swedish person's command of English; how many of us speak any Swedish? (I know only Svenska flicka e vakra.) Keep up the good work, and keep up your nice picture posts. Regards, Mort Linder USA Machinery http://jonaseklundh.se/aimg201279.jpg NIKON D3S, 50.0 mm, f/1.4, 1/1000 sec., ISO 200 Steam http://jonaseklundh.se/aimg201280.jpg NIKON D3S, 50.0 mm, f/1.4, 1/6400 sec., ISO 200 Old timer http://jonaseklundh.se/aimg201281.jpg NIKON D3S, 28.0 mm, f/2.5, 1/1000 sec., ISO 320 Fountain http://jonaseklundh.se/aimg201282.jpg NIKON D3S, 120.0 mm, f/4.0, 1/1600 sec., ISO 320 Water drops http://jonaseklundh.se/aimg201283.jpg NIKON D3S, 120.0 mm, f/4.0, 1/8000 sec., ISO 1000 |
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In article , Mort
wrote: Blog post: http://jonaseklundh.se/pages/Nora12?lang=en My and my family went to the small town of Nora, Sweden to go on a real steam train. Very beautiful! Hi Jonas, Thanks for the nice pictures. I especially enjoyed the trains, as they reminded me of my youth, when I actually rode in steam powered trains, both in the USA and in Europe. Thank you You will get many critiques about your pictures on line; some of them are genuine and nice, while some of them are unfair to say the least. It is hardly polite or fair to criticize a Swedish person's command of English; how many of us speak any Swedish? (I know only Svenska flicka e vakra.) Well, the people that give me grief for misspelling a words are usually those I have corrected in the past. Not with spelling, mind you, but the usage of words where they've used a word in a "funny" way. It's ok, I can take it. I don't have any pride invested in my spelling and grammar and I know I make lots of mistakes (even when writing in Swedish!) Cheers! -- Sandman[.net], and it's "Svenska flickor är vackra" (Swedish girls are beautiful) - (Yeah, they are!) |
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On 8/28/2013 10:11 AM, Mort wrote:
snip You will get many critiques about your pictures on line; some of them are genuine and nice, while some of them are unfair to say the least. It is hardly polite or fair to criticize a Swedish person's command of English; how many of us speak any Swedish? (I know only Svenska flicka e vakra.) It is not unfair when the Swedish person starts criticizing usage of American English, especially the spelling of artificial words. Please don't start that one again. Keep up the good work, and keep up your nice picture posts. I hope he does. -- PeterN |
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PeterN wrote: You will get many critiques about your pictures on line; some of them are genuine and nice, while some of them are unfair to say the least. It is hardly polite or fair to criticize a Swedish person's command of English; how many of us speak any Swedish? (I know only Svenska flicka e vakra.) It is not unfair when the Swedish person starts criticizing usage of American English, especially the spelling of artificial words. Please don't start that one again. Peter, please, when did I *criticize* the *spelling* of "artificial words"? I expect a link to this critique in your followup or admission of making an incorrect claim. Failing both makes you a liar, just so you know. YOU are the one starting it again, Peter, when you make such ludicrous claims. -- Sandman[.net] |
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On 8/29/2013 4:00 AM, Sandman wrote:
In article , PeterN wrote: You will get many critiques about your pictures on line; some of them are genuine and nice, while some of them are unfair to say the least. It is hardly polite or fair to criticize a Swedish person's command of English; how many of us speak any Swedish? (I know only Svenska flicka e vakra.) It is not unfair when the Swedish person starts criticizing usage of American English, especially the spelling of artificial words. Please don't start that one again. Peter, please, when did I *criticize* the *spelling* of "artificial words"? I expect a link to this critique in your followup or admission of making an incorrect claim. Failing both makes you a liar, just so you know. furgedaboudit. I am too lazy to find the ink, where you "corrected" my spelling. YOU are the one starting it again, Peter, when you make such ludicrous claims. -- PeterN |
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In article ,
PeterN wrote: It is not unfair when the Swedish person starts criticizing usage of American English, especially the spelling of artificial words. Please don't start that one again. Peter, please, when did I *criticize* the *spelling* of "artificial words"? I expect a link to this critique in your followup or admission of making an incorrect claim. Failing both makes you a liar, just so you know. furgedaboudit. I am too lazy to find the ink, where you "corrected" my spelling. So you admit to having made an incorrect claim then. Good. -- Sandman[.net] |
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On 8/29/2013 8:50 AM, Sandman wrote:
In article , PeterN wrote: It is not unfair when the Swedish person starts criticizing usage of American English, especially the spelling of artificial words. Please don't start that one again. Peter, please, when did I *criticize* the *spelling* of "artificial words"? I expect a link to this critique in your followup or admission of making an incorrect claim. Failing both makes you a liar, just so you know. furgedaboudit. I am too lazy to find the ink, where you "corrected" my spelling. So you admit to having made an incorrect claim then. Good. That is not a factual statement. You are too bright to have forgotten your posting. As I said, it is not worth my tim to go back,mor reply further to your provocations -- PeterN |
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