Fair dinkum mate? I thought you were comin' the raw prawn with me. We could blow the froth off a few and jaw wag about that for ages.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of John Gilmore > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 8:11 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Friday: What you've been waiting for! Build an 80 > column punched card reader! > > English can be wielded with great precision; but it, and American English in > particular, often is not. The term 'ice tea' has now, for example, largely > supplanted 'iced tea' among the subliterate; etc., etc., ad nauseam. > > When punched cards were in wide use 'punch cards' was avoided, but those > who wish to use 'punch cards' are of course free to do so, as I am free to > deprecate it. > > --jg > > > > On 7/30/12, zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Paul Gilmartin > > <paulgboul...@aim.com>wrote: > > > >> Is motor oil not "motor oil" until it's installed in a motor? > >> Is cat food not "cat food" until ...? > > > > > > cf. "baby oil" vs. "whale oil" ... when you get right down to it, > > English isn't much of a language. > > -- > > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
