Re: [sqlite] Database Grammar 101

2014-02-05 Thread Dominique Devienne
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Simon Slavin wrote: > On 5 Feb 2014, at 12:08pm, Dominique Devienne wrote: > > Hundreds of new words in French dictionaries for 2014 > > Apologies. Technical distinction due to French being defined by > L'Académie

Re: [sqlite] Database Grammar 101

2014-02-05 Thread Simon Slavin
On 5 Feb 2014, at 12:08pm, Dominique Devienne wrote: > On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Simon Slavin wrote: > >> But over all, English is an acquisitive (unlike German) evolving (unlike >> French) language. > > Hundreds of new words in French

Re: [sqlite] Database Grammar 101

2014-02-05 Thread Mike King
I've followed this thread with some interest and I think you are all wrong... All discussion should be in English, that's UK English as spoken by us Brits not the bastardisation of our glorious language that is American English. I put it to the list that Colour should be spelt with a U, same for

Re: [sqlite] Database Grammar 101

2014-02-05 Thread Dominique Devienne
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Simon Slavin wrote: > But over all, English is an acquisitive (unlike German) evolving (unlike > French) language. > Hundreds of new words in French dictionaries for 2014 (links to other recent years at the bottom):

Re: [sqlite] Database Grammar 101

2014-02-05 Thread Alaric Snell-Pym
On 01/02/14 14:09, Simon Slavin wrote: > > But over all, English is an acquisitive (unlike German) evolving (unlike > French) language. So how about we give it two hundred, two hundred and fifty > years, and see what happens ? > Nah, we should just hold all technical discussions in Lojban,

Re: [sqlite] Database Grammar 101

2014-02-01 Thread Simon Slavin
On 1 Feb 2014, at 10:59am, RSmith wrote: > The plural of Index is always "Indices", never "Indexes". I started with 'indices' when posting to this list but I found that some of the many foreign readers of this list apparently missed my meaning. It's easy for someone

Re: [sqlite] Database Grammar 101

2014-02-01 Thread RSmith
Heh, was waiting for someone to point that out :) For the record, so does Oxford English dictionary - and on reconsideration, I should have been more clear. Indexes are very much "allowed" these days a plural of Index when not used in a technical sense, but (and this is a big but), this is due

Re: [sqlite] Database Grammar 101

2014-02-01 Thread Richard Hipp
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 5:59 AM, RSmith wrote: > I know this is a Database forum (as opposed to a language forum) but > kindly allow me a quick interjection here since I have met this question > many times, as posed by Scott in a forum question: > > On 2014/02/01 06:01, Scott

[sqlite] Database Grammar 101

2014-02-01 Thread RSmith
I know this is a Database forum (as opposed to a language forum) but kindly allow me a quick interjection here since I have met this question many times, as posed by Scott in a forum question: On 2014/02/01 06:01, Scott Robison wrote: Exerpt: ...// *and* information that led to creation of