Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-17 Thread Tom Davies
estate kids and common usage also messes things into.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 2:46 Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax At 21:06

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-17 Thread anne-ology
...@yahoo.co.uk Date: Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:24 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax To: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org Hi :) new and improved is hopefully a duplication rather than a contradiction! lol. Not always true, of course. English (US

[OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-16 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, Doug wrote: On 7/15/2013 12:25 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, anne-ology wrote: And just what is HSLQLDB ;-) This is not an acronym. It can't be pronounced as a word. (See dictionary definition in URL below.) the definition says: - : a word

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax (OT)

2013-07-16 Thread Doug
On 7/16/2013 2:02 AM, Felmon Davis wrote: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum I just read today that according to one author, this was supposed to be a description of his 'crime', viz. insurrection against Roman authority. anyway, off topic; my apologies. F. The translation, of course, is,

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax (OT)

2013-07-16 Thread Felmon Davis
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Doug wrote: On 7/16/2013 2:02 AM, Felmon Davis wrote: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum I just read today that according to one author, this was supposed to be a description of his 'crime', viz. insurrection against Roman authority. anyway, off topic; my apologies. F.

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 02:02 16/07/2013 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, Doug wrote: This is not an acronym. It can't be pronounced as a word. (See dictionary definition in URL below.) the definition says: - : a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-16 Thread Felmon Davis
On Tue, 16 Jul 2013, Brian Barker wrote: At 02:02 16/07/2013 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, Doug wrote: This is not an acronym. It can't be pronounced as a word. (See dictionary definition in URL below.) the definition says: - : a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-16 Thread Keith Bates
The base of the misunderstanding is the shift in meaning of the word acronym over the last few decades. It used to mean an abbreviation which formed a word- such as radar. Now it seems to be used more for an abbreviation which is more familiar than the original terms. e.g. most people know the

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:15 16/07/2013 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: On Tue, 16 Jul 2013, Brian Barker wrote: At 02:02 16/07/2013 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, Doug wrote: This is not an acronym. It can't be pronounced as a word. (See dictionary definition in URL below.) the definition says:

Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

2013-07-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:06 16/07/2013 -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: As long as we are going to entertain off topic, how about this. [One] common figure of speech in English is the use of Try and where the meaning is Try to. I.E. I'm going to try and drive my car backwards for three miles. When I see it, or