But he didn't say that!
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 1:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Everything you've said there is why English is great, IMHO. > > Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email > RELIABLY > ------------------------------ > *From: * "Michael B. Smith" <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:38 +0000 > *To: *[email protected]<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *RE: OT: slang (was RE: [NTSysADM] Terastation drive recovery) > > I fall further off topic…sorry.**** > > ** ** > > You think English is easy??**** > > ** ** > > 1) The bandage was wound around the wound.**** > > ** ** > > 2) The farm was used to produce produce.**** > > ** ** > > 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.**** > > ** ** > > 4) We must polish the Polish furniture..**** > > ** ** > > 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.**** > > ** ** > > 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert..**** > > ** ** > > 7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to > present the present.**** > > ** ** > > 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.**** > > ** ** > > 9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.**** > > ** ** > > 10) I did not object to the object.**** > > ** ** > > 11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.**** > > ** ** > > 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.**** > > ** ** > > 13) They were too close to the door to close it.**** > > ** ** > > 14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.**** > > ** ** > > 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.**** > > ** ** > > 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.**** > > ** ** > > 17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.**** > > ** ** > > 18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear..**** > > ** ** > > 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.**** > > ** ** > > 20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?**** > > ** ** > > Let’s face it – English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, > nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins > weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are > candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English > for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can > work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from > Guinea nor is it a pig..**** > > ** ** > > And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t > groce and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the > plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One > index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not > one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one > of them, what do you call it?**** > > ** ** > > If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats > vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English > speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what > language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck > and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?**** > > ** ** > > How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a > wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a > language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you > fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going > on.**** > > ** ** > > English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the > creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That > is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are > out, they are invisible.**** > > ** ** > > PS. – Why doesn't ‘Buick’ rhyme with ‘quick’ ?**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard Stovall > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:10 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: OT: slang (was RE: [NTSysADM] Terastation drive recovery)** > ** > > ** ** > > Whereas our G-rated version is "bee's knees".**** > > ** ** > > How we got that from "stands out like the bollocks on a dog" I'll never > know.**** > > ** ** > > :)**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:04 PM, James Rankin <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > One of my favourite phrases, meaning* outstanding*....**** > > Which naturally comes from "dog's bollocks", which was derived from the > phrase "stands out like the bollocks on a dog", and adapted into an > alternative for "outstanding"**** > > ** ** > > On 18 June 2013 17:00, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > Mutt’s nuts?**** > > **** > > Really?**** > > **** > > HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *James Rankin > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:53 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Terastation drive recovery**** > > **** > > Yes, I've got it out and mounted in a PC.**** > > The UFS recovery tool Richard pointed me to seems like the mutt's nuts - > even though it wasn't free, but it's ripping through the data recovery in > no time at all > > Cheers,**** > > JR**** > > **** > > On 18 June 2013 16:50, Daniel Chenault <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > When I have a problem with an external drive I remove the drive from the > housing (sometimes destroys the housing) and work with the drive directly > on its native interface. These days that’s going to be SATA.**** > > **** > > *From:* Richard Stovall <[email protected]> **** > > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:00 AM**** > > *To:* [email protected] **** > > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Terastation drive recovery**** > > **** > > http://www.ufsexplorer.com/inf_terastation.php perhaps?**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:43 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Anyone know a (free, ideally) utility that can read the filesystem on a > TeraStation from under Windows? > **** > > > -- > *James Rankin* > Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk**** > > **** > > > > > -- > *James Rankin* > Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk**** > > > > > -- > *James Rankin* > Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk**** > > ** ** >
