>From the "For what it's worth" department: I don't consider myself a dummy. I may lack knowledge about a subject but I am not a dummy or an idiot. Ergo, I refuse to buy "**** for Dummies" or "the Idiot's guide to *****."
Caveat....there are folks out there whom might argue at my assessment of my intellect, but let's not go there... :-) on 1/11/03 10:24 AM, Mledie at aol.com at Mledie at aol.com wrote: > Henri, geek is a fine word and geeks maybe even good people and dummie is a > fine word, or should I say dummy as a singular? Now if you say one is dumb, > that has a different connotation, at least to me, having my roots in a > different language. -Is it you who spells rumour and humour like this? So do > I, however, here they think i am aloof if I do that. But that is my school > upbringing. It lingers. And why do the English as well as the Americans > spell "I" with capital letters? Is the "I" more important than the "YOU"? > > Just an afterthought. > Marta > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. Harry, Harry Jacobson-Beyer Surveyor of the Passing Scene! http://bellsouthpwp.net/h/a/harryjb/ What a strange, long, trip it is! remember: it's not how fast you climb the hill that matters, it's how fast you go coming down! | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
