On 17 Aug 2002, it is alleged that Ron Hunter sauntered in to netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news and loudly proclaimed:
> Patrick Gallagher wrote: >> >> Ron Hunter wrote: >> > Jay Garcia wrote: >> > >> >>On 17/08/02 01:19, Brian Heinrich Replied As Follows: >> >> >> >>--- Original Message --- >> >> >> >> >> >>>Fair 'nuff, I guess. However, since he bases his argument on >> >>>typewriters /v/ computer typography (apparently), and since the >> >>>convention antedates the common use of the typewriter and >> >>>fixed-pitch fonts, I would still say that, of necessity, he is >> >>>wrong. But it's not that big a deal. . . . >> >>> >> >>>/b. >> >>> >> >> >> >>Type up an English term paper and double space after a period ending >> >>a sentence ... YOU FAIL !!! Don't argue with my daughter the English >> >>major !! :-) >> >> >> >>So long as it's "readable" I could care less. >> >> >> >>-- >> >>Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion >> >>Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI >> >>UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org >> >>** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email ** >> > >> > >> > Yeah, Jay, but they teach people to spell 'tomatoe' as 'tomato'. >> > Leaving off that 'e' saves ink in newspapers and publishing, but it >> > changes the way the word would be pronounced, and is 'wrong'. I too >> > was an English major, and practices often change, albeit slowly, as >> > some of us just aren't going to go along with such uncivilized >> > practices as putting ending punctuation inside a quotation mark at >> > the end of a quotation that ends a sentence. What goes in the >> > quotation marks is THE QUOTATION, NOT the punctuation for the >> > sentence containing it. Anyone can see what confusion the current >> > practice might cause. >> > >> >> Last I checked, my dictionary says 'tomato', not 'tomatoe'. The e is >> appropriate only in the plural version 'tomatoes'. That was one of the >> things that got former VP of the US (Quayle) ridiculed... telling >> students they forgot the letter e on tomato and potato, when in fact >> there isn't one (anymore?) >> >> -- >> >> Patrick >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Right, 'anymore'. But when Dan Quayle, and I went to school, there WAS! 'But when Dan Qualyle and I went to school, there WAS!' I agree on the scare quotes around 'anymore', but suspect that's a losing battle. Anyway, you'd have to prove your point by more than assertion; Webster's /3NID/ (which happens to be what I have to hand) gives neither 'tomatoe' or 'potatoe' as variant spellings. /b. -- Mozilla end-user questions should be directed to: snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.general snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.win32 snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.mac snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.unix Note that you need to have SSL enabled and the port set to 563.
