Look up anti-Semitic, not Semite. Or, are you arguing that English is a
language that doesn't have exceptions to the rules. I think that is a
badder thing to do than assuming that there are many rule exceptions in
English that are still part of the language.
Dan M.
My english sux most of
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0926/p01s02-usec.html
Broad new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in
slashing poverty in recent decades.
The magnitude of the change is the subject of strong debate. But the
research suggests that the pace of economic progress has been
Julia Thompson wrote:
I think that is a badder thing to do than (...)
Speaking of which, you missed one such exception. Shouldn't it be
worse, not badder? :)
No, it should be ungooder
newspeak maru
Alberto Monteiro
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From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:25 AM
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
Julia Thompson wrote:
I think that is a badder thing to do than (...)
Speaking of which, you
In order for me to give you anything more than the speculation below, you'll
have to tell me more about how your ISP account works.
What it looks like is that your ISP has something configured
incorrectly. I would guess that the message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
didn't really arrive to digest.
- Original Message -
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
- Original Message -
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday,
Warning: makes lots of noise...but it's very, very good.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
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Two bits, four bits, six bits, a peso. If you're for Zorro,
stand up and say so!
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Dan Minette wrote:
No, it should be ungooder
Oh, Alberto, you are about 18 years out of date.
Actually, you didn't get it right for 18 years ago,
so maybe you didn't mean that. It should have
been plus ungood.
No, _plus_ is the prefix for
The Fool wrote:
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And I'm *not* going to shut down my window for the
OED online now. :P )
Why would you have to? I've had upwards of 100 browser sessions open at
the same time.
If I have too many things open at once, I have a much harder time
Dan Minette wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
Dan Minette wrote:
No, it should be ungooder
Oh, Alberto, you are
No, _plus_ is the prefix for superlatives.
double plus good is very, very, good.
Did I really write this? Duh, maybe I should spend
less time watching TV and helping my daughters'
homeworks.
IIRC, the superlatives of _good_ are better and best
[in newspeak they would be
- Original Message -
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 9:50 AM
Subject: Newspeak [was: Intellectual output from the Arab World]
In other words, *_plusgood_ is excellent, not better
Actually, I think it is both. That's
Dan Minette wrote:
Semite:
1 a : a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia
including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs b : a descendant
of these peoples
2 : a member of a modern people speaking a Semitic language
So would that make an Anti-semite
The Fool wrote:
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Fool wrote:
The task bar is resizeable.
Yes, it is.
I just have a harder time if I have to look through too many similar
things to find what I'm wanting. If I could easily redo the icons so
that I could tell at
Further definitions of the word Antisemitism are listed below. I didnt
have access to the OED dictionary online as you need to pay a usage license
of US $795! (But William posted one for us anyway. (Thank you) :) ) Heres
what I found in a 5 minute search, and while I did remove extra
Julia Thompson wrote:
... but I just don't like having more
than about 10 things on the taskbar with the same icon.
Do you have a solution to that? If so, I'm interested.
Opera. It uses it's own icons, inside it's own window. So you only have one
thing on your taskbar and that is Opera.
Dan Minette wrote:
... you didn't get it right for 18 years ago...
Huh, maybe its just me, but I think you should stop e-mailing now, before
you make any more mistakes
Sonja
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At 23:30 02-10-2002 -0500, The Fool wrote:
I've had upwards of 100 browser sessions open at the same time.
Out of curiosity, what kind of activity could possibly require you to have
100+ browser sessions open simultaneously?
Jeroen Cybersurfer van Baardwijk
Dan Minette wrote:
... you didn't get it right for 18 years ago...
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Huh, maybe its just me, but I think you should stop e-mailing now, before
you make any more mistakes
No, that makes sense...try reading the sentence as:
... you didn't get it
Jon Gabriel wrote:
Further definitions of the word Antisemitism are listed below. I didnt
have access to the OED dictionary online as you need to pay a usage license
of US $795! (But William posted one for us anyway. (Thank you) :) )
Hey, that wasn't William who posted from the OED.
Matt Grimaldi wrote:
Dan Minette wrote:
... you didn't get it right for 18 years ago...
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Huh, maybe its just me, but I think you should stop e-mailing now, before
you make any more mistakes
No, that makes sense...try reading the sentence
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:29:39 -0500
Jon Gabriel wrote:
Further definitions of the word Antisemitism are listed below. I
didnt
have access to the OED dictionary online as you need to pay a
Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:29:39 -0500
(More fur flies due to misattribution than any other single cause some
days, I've noticed)
Are you playing cat volleyball again?
At 17:40 02-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Since both the Miriam Webster and American Heritage dictionaries are
accepted as one of the authoritative sources for spelling and definitions
of English, your definition of antisemitism as listed in your message
(quoted above) is incorrect. In
--- The Fool wrote:
http://www.kusa.com/storyfull.asp?id=7112
Jeffco stores soon to require fingerprints for all
check and credit card purchases
by 9NEWS reporter Ginger Delgado, edited by Web
Producer Paola Farer October 02, 2002 - 7:59 AM
JEFFERSON COUNTY - You'll soon have to
--- The Fool wrote:
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,55534,00.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1002_021002_malariagenome.html
Good articles.
Thanks.
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--- Matt Grimaldi wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
I think that is a badder thing to do than (...)
Speaking of which, you missed one such
exception. Shouldn't it be
worse, not badder? :)
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
No, it should be ungooder
No, it should be plus
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 15:03:24 -0500
Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:29:39 -0500
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
Sorry to disappoint you, but it is the other way around.
If both Jews and Arabs are Semitic, than *by
- Original Message -
From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:29 PM
Subject: English, was: Intellectual output from the Arab World
Not To Be Confused With Worsted Maru
Right. Worsted wool is high quality wool on a sheep that has
--- Dan Minette wrote:
From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:29 PM
Subject: English, was: Intellectual output from the
Arab World
Not To Be Confused With Worsted Maru
Right. Worsted wool is high quality wool on a sheep
that
- Original Message -
From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: English, was: Intellectual output from the Arab World
--- Dan Minette wrote:
Right. Worsted wool is high quality wool on a sheep
that has
From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Link! Link! I wanna link proving it! ;)
(And shouldn't they have snipped or slaughtered it? I
adore English! And had to add _something_ to avoid
the despised one-line reply...)
Three Bags Full Maru
/serious/
Should we perhaps consider that the
From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Evil Empire: the World leader in executions
snip
Financial trusts in the name of a person can be set up that can only be
held
inaccesible for that person until the age of 21. In some countries there
is also a
limited parental
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
The authority on this is called plain and simple logic. If X equals Y,
then -X equals -Y. If X equals Y,
At 16:36 03-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
Let me get this straight. English is a second language for you and you are
claiming that the definitive source of English (OED) is wrong and you are
right in defining an English word?
I am applying this horrible little thing called logic here. If X
At 17:30 03-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
The authority on this is called plain and simple logic. If X equals Y,
then -X equals -Y. If X equals Y, then -X does not equal -0.5Y.
So, anti-matter has negative mass?
Out of curiosity, have you ever taken a course in logic? I don't think
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
At 17:30 03-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
The authority on this is called plain and simple logic.
Jeroen wrote:
At 17:24 03-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
I have presented eight valid sources (most accepted
**internationally** in
their fields) that explain that proper usage of a particular word
in
English is not what you, in your opinion, consider the 'logical'
definition of it to
--- Dan Minette wrote:
snip
Out of curiosity, have you ever taken a course in
logic? I don't think
that word means what you think it does.
Perhaps I am udderly grasping at straws, but maybe you
should go back to the beginning?!
We aren't all intellectual giants.
Cliffs of Insanity Maru
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
At 17:40 02-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Since both the Miriam Webster and American Heritage
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
At 16:36 03-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
Let me get this straight. English is a second language for
Smart people tend to take the definition of words literally. Therefore
anti-Semite can mean anti-Arab. However, smarter people know language
is not always logical. So just go with the flow and don't argue over
what words should mean. Instead, accept them for what they do mean.
-Original
- Original Message -
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: BRIN-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
on 3/10/02 4:29 am, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You looked up Semite, not
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry to disappoint you, but it is the other way around.
If both Jews and Arabs are Semitic, than *by definition* the word
anti-Semitic must mean anti-Jew *and* anti-Arab -- just like
anti-American means hatred of anything American and not only
William Taylor wrote:
Back when Hoon-Human relations were still ripe from the NuDawn
incident, a drunk and under arrest human was brought before a Hoon
official that was one of just a few to have learned a bit of Anglic.
I am going to ask you just one question. Do...
The human looked up at
In a message dated 10/3/2002 7:56:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I suppose Hoons *do* look a little like Jimmy Durante, don't they? I
imagine, though, that considering JD is a practically forgotten figure in the
21st century that maybe one in a million Terrans
Ask and ye shall receive yadda yadda yadda
http://www.agathachristie.com/booksplays/missmarple.shtml
Enjoy. :)
Jon
Galactic Library, Mostly Harmless Department
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Definitions, Hey Julia
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 22:56:58 -0500
Dan Minette
From the article,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30194-2002Oct1.html
The rhetoric of recessions is usually, though not always, worse than the
reality of recessions. Since World War II, recessions -- signifying falling
production and rising unemployment -- have become less
Dan Minette wrote:
Finally, to go back to our discussion on religion, I'd love to see the
entry on religion from OED (hint hint Julia :-) )
There are 8 entries.
I don't feel like providing more than the first one right now. I might
provide the second one sometime tomorrow. (I'm tired and
Robert Seeberger wrote:
I think you need to look up the word sophistry.
Its what you are doing in any case.
If you want the OED definition, ask. :)
Julia
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His website is also referenced by Salon.com's blog report pretty much every
other day. :)
J
From: Matthew and Julie Bos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Brineller Sighting
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 00:05:34 -0400
From the article,
Jon Gabriel wrote:
Ask and ye shall receive yadda yadda yadda
http://www.agathachristie.com/booksplays/missmarple.shtml
Enjoy. :)
Jon
Galactic Library, Mostly Harmless Department
Thank you very much.
Now I *really* ought to get off the computer and head for bed
Oops. Those definitions are from:
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=sophistry
:-)
Jon
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--- Matthew and Julie Bos wrote:
On 9/28/02 3:30 AM, Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is not how a great nation should debate
issues of war and peace.
To question people's patriotism for simply raising
questions about how a
war is to be fought and won -- to say that anybody
who
--- Deborah Harrell wrote:
On a more positive note, here are two articles about
the recent elections in Morocco, including how a
group
of American women helped coach Moroccan women (King
Mohammed decided more women should hold seats in
Parliament) in running for office:
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 00:24:56 +0200
At 17:24 03-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Jeroen,
I have presented eight valid sources (most accepted **internationally** in
their fields) that explain that
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